Primary Recipient

TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA

Amount

$205,151.00

Award Date

9/21/2009

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

Long projection axons regenerate poorly through the damaged central nervous system. One key reason is the environment through which they must re grow contains many biochemical signals that trigger signaling pathways which inhibit axon outgrowth. Some of t