Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY

Amount

$393,726.00

Award Date

6/01/2009

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

Parkinson's disease (PD), the most frequent movement disorder, is caused by the progressive loss of the dopamine neurons in the midbrain in an area called substantia nigra pars compacta (SNc), resulting in a deficiency of the neurotransmitter dopamine in