Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS M D ANDERSON

Amount

$809,702.00

Award Date

8/31/2009

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 sympathetic drive emanating from the brain is increased in animal models of hypertension and in patients with hypertension. The paraventricular nucleus (PVN) of the hypothalamus is an important site for the control of sympathetic outflow through its p