Primary Recipient

OREGON HEALTH & SCIENCE UNIVERSITY

Amount

$100,000.00

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

Transduction of mechanical stimuli - like those of sound and head movements - is the fundamental role of the inner ear and its sensory hair cells. Hair cells transduce deflections of their hair bundles, the sensory organelle, with stunning sensitivity. Wh