Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS

Amount

$451,854.00

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

Neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptors are ligand-gated cation channels activated by the endogenous neurotransmitter, acetylcholine (ACh), as well as the highly addictive component of tobacco, nicotine. Expression of neuronal nAChRs in the dopaminerg