Primary Recipient

TEMPLE UNIVERSITY-OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION

Amount

$630,000.00

Award Date

9/16/2009

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

BK-type calcium-activated potassium channels serve as cytoplasmic Ca2+ detectors that can rapidly respond to and modulate transmembrane voltage. These channels are critical in controlling action potential firing in neurons as well as smooth muscle contrac