Primary Recipient

THE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY

Amount

$278,884.00

Award Date

9/17/2009

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 Disease (PD) is a common neurodegenerative disease that affects over 1 million people in North America. Although the cause of PD is unknown, environmental factors are suspected in the majority of cases. Preliminary data from our lab demonstrat