Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO, THE

Amount

$151,279.00

Award Date

9/18/2009

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

In an ongoing study of aging in free-ranging female rhesus monkeys, we have obtained evidence that chronic stress and repeated activation of the HPA axis in association with low social status and frequent reproduction result in heightened cortisol respons