Primary Recipient

LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY, THE

Amount

$810,465.00

Award Date

8/17/2009

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

Cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) is the inducible form of cyclooxygenase and catalyzes the rate- limiting step in the formation of prostaglandins from arachidonic acid. COX-2 expression and prostaglandin production increase markedly in neurons following a variety