Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC.

Amount

$677,925.00

Award Date

9/03/2009

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

Excessive exposure to manganese results in basal ganglia pathology and enhanced production of inflammatory mediators (cytokines, nitric oxide, prostaglandins) by activated glia in vitro. At present, there are no in vivo studies describing the nature of