Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY

Amount

$121,702.00

Award Date

5/14/2009

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

It is well established that cardiac contractile reserve declines while the incidence of heart failure increases dramatically with age. According to the free radical theory of aging, cardiac dysfunction may be the result of oxidative stress-induced myocard