Primary Recipient

LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY, THE

Amount

$28,583.00

Award Date

9/15/2009

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

This project seeks to understand how the energy carried by every touch activates force-sensitive ion channels in sensory neurons. These protein complexes, known as mechano-electrical transduction or MeT channels, are critical not only for touch sensation,