Primary Recipient

COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY

Amount

$34,274.00

Award Date

7/11/2009

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 intoxication with manganese (Mn) is the cause of a degenerative movement disorder, termed manganism, with clinical features that resemble Parkinson`s disease. Recent findings suggest that injury to this region of the brain involves perturbation of