Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS SYSTEM

Amount

$43,123.00

Award Date

9/07/2009

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

This award is to provide support for hiring of a graduate assistant to help speed the identification of novel CB2 cannabinoid agonists as candidate therapeutics for the devastating, neurodegenerative disease amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).