Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, DAVIS

Amount

$787,301.00

Award Date

9/24/2009

Administering Agency

Health and Human Services, Department of / National Institutes of Health

CDFA Number

93.701

CDFA Program Title

Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support

Description

Purpose: The principal objective of the proposed research is to define the cellular pathogenic mechanisms of fragile X-associated tremor/ataxia syndrome (FXTAS), one of the leading known single-gene forms of late-onset neurodegeneration. FXTAS shares many