Primary Recipient

JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY, THE

Amount

$600,000.00

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

This proposal entitled 'Dynamic Regulation of shank3 and ASD' examines the molecular mechanisms that link human mutations of shank3 with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). Mutations of the open reading frame of shank3 have been identified in multiple cases o