Primary Recipient

JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY, THE

Amount

$1,369,510.00

Award Date

7/17/2009

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

Hearing plays an important role in the normal development of brain structure and function. Previous work supported by this grant has shown that hereditary congenital deafness in cats results in abnormal synaptic structure in auditory nerve terminals, and