Primary Recipient

NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY

Amount

$752,688.00

Award Date

7/16/2009

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

Abstract: DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Tau proteins normally stabilize microtubules in neuronal processes in the brain. During the course of Alzheimer's disease and certain other neurodegenerative diseases, these proteins dissociate from the micro