Primary Recipient

DUKE UNIVERSITY

Amount

$780,000.00

Award Date

7/17/2009

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 project concerns the role of ectopic dentate granule cells in temporal lobe epilepsy. The dentate gyrus is believed to act as a gatekeeper or filter to inhibit the propagation of synchronized discharge through the limbic circuit. In both temporal lob