Primary Recipient

GEORGIA HEALTH SCIENCES UNIVERSITY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC.

Amount

$731,214.00

Award Date

7/15/2009

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 long-term goal of this project is to elucidate the functional roles of glycosphingolipids (GSLs), particularly gangliosides, during normal nervous system development and under pathological conditions. These molecules are abundant in the nervous system