Primary Recipient

MIAMI UNIVERSITY

Amount

$30,000.00

Award Date

9/29/2009

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

Project Summary: The Na,K-ATPase alpha4 isoform has been found only in the membrane of male germ cells of rats and is most abundant in mature sperm. Specific pharmacological inhibition of this Na,K-ATPase isoform using the cardiac glycoside ouabain has be