Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH THE

Amount

$416,625.00

Award Date

6/02/2009

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

Cyloxygenase-2 (COX-2), the enzyme responsible for production of prostaglandins, has been identified as an important contributor to brain damage following hypoxia-ischemia. Unfortunately, COX-2 inhibitors have been reported to cause cerebral and cardiac t