Primary Recipient

TRUSTEES OF GRINNELL COLLEGE, THE

Amount

$373,647.00

Award Date

4/19/2010

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

We study positive allosteric modulation of neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs). These ligand-gated ion channels are the seat of nicotine addiction and are implicated in a wide range of other neurological disorders. Allosteric modulation