Primary Recipient

CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY

Amount

$193,700.00

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

The aim of the proposed research is to define how genetic loss of MeCP2, the gene responsible for Rett Syndrome (Rett), disrupts Brain Derived Neurotrophic Factor (BDNF) signaling in autonomic reflex pathways in the brainstem nucleus tractus solitarius (n