Primary Recipient

PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY, THE

Amount

$189,652.00

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

Post-menopausal women are especially vulnerable to ischemic insult, and ~80,000 more cardiovascular deaths occur yearly in aged women than in aged men. Conflicting data exist on the role of estrogen (E2) in modulating ischemic tolerance (IT), due in part