Primary Recipient

BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE

Amount

$213,003.00

Award Date

8/20/2009

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

Detrmine how Caicua modifies the course of SCA1 and to uncover the molecular functions of Ataxin1. ABSTRACT: Spinocerebellar ataxia type 1 (SCA1) is a neurodegenerative disorder caused by expansion of a CAG repeat that encodes glutamine in Ataxin-1. Our