Primary Recipient

WEILL MEDICAL COLLEGE OF CORNELL UNIVERSITY

Amount

$169,000.00

Award Date

7/16/2009

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

Chronic exposure to opioids can lead to dependence, a phenomenon that is manifest by withdrawal-induced somatic, autonomic, and aversive symptoms that critically involve the central nucleus of the amygdala (CeA). Avoiding physical withdrawal symptoms can