Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH AT GALVESTON

Amount

$35,720.00

Award Date

9/18/2009

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

Alzheimer's Disease (AD) is an age-associated dementia for which there is currently no cure. AD is characterized by memory deficits, loss of CNS neurons, and eventually death. One of the prominent events in AD is the CNS presence of plaques that are mostl