Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NJ (INC)

Amount

$377,520.00

Award Date

7/16/2009

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

Anorexia-cachexia occurs because detection of energy deficit by the brain becomes impaired due to cytokine excess. The arcuate neuropeptide Y (NPY) neurons normally activate anabolic processes during energy deficit in order to restore energy homeostasis.