Primary Recipient

LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY, THE

Amount

$788,564.00

Award Date

8/14/2009

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

Glucocorticoids (GCs), the adrenal steroids secreted during stress, can compromise the ability of neurons to survive necrotic neurological insults. These deleterious effects have often been viewed as counterbalanced by the benefits of the anti-inflammator