Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT

Amount

$814,523.00

Award Date

4/27/2009

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

In the prefrontal cortex, a brain area implicated in pathophysiology of schizophrenia, neurons receive numerous synaptic contacts from dopamine-rich fibers. At present, it is not clear how exactly release of dopamine affects the activity of cortical neur