Primary Recipient

JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY, THE

Amount

$10,168.00

Award Date

6/05/2009

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

Neurotrophins affect airway smooth muscle tone. Air flows into the lungs through the conducting airways (trachea and bronchi) and, with every breath we take, the airways rhythmically contract and relax with each breath; this change in airway smooth muscle