Primary Recipient

OREGON HEALTH & SCIENCE UNIVERSITY

Amount

$770,000.00

Award Date

8/26/2009

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

Totally blind people with no light perception cannot synchronize (entrain) their circadian rhythms to the light/dark cycle. Nevertheless, about half of these people are entrained to the 24- hour day. The time cues for entrainment are not known and may inc