Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS

Amount

$82,042.00

Award Date

9/30/2009

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 main goal of the supplemental ARRA funding is to find out the mRNA content of wild type huntingitn and mutant huntingtin (expanded CAG repeats) in human striatum and cortex. This is a critical question in potential therapy for Huntington's disease.