Primary Recipient

JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY, THE

Amount

$99,876.00

Award Date

9/09/2009

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

Sensory nerves in the esophagus are essential for the regulation of its physiological function. Sensory nerves also mediate conscious sensations (heartburn, pain) and defensive reflexes from the esophagus. Perverted function of esophageal sensory nerves m