Primary Recipient

TEXAS A & M RESEARCH FOUNDATION

Amount

$105,194.00

Award Date

9/25/2009

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

Prior research has shown that neurons within the spinal cord can support some simple forms of learning. Learning in the isolated spinal cord can be studied by cutting communication with the brain by means of a thoracic transection. Transected rats given s