Primary Recipient

WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY, THE

Amount

$512,706.00

Award Date

9/24/2009

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

Chronic itch or pruritus represents a significant clinical problem for which no effective drugs are available. Molecular and cellular mechanisms of chronic pruritus are not well understood and understudied. Recent identification of the first itch-specific