Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON

Amount

$999,807.00

Award Date

9/25/2009

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

The blood brain barrier (BBB) is a significant barrier to delivery of drugs to the central nervous system (CNS) and in removal of potential toxins produced within the CNS (e.g. beta-amyloid). In contrast to the endothelial cell barrier in other organs, t