Grant: LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY SYSTEM
Primary Recipient
LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY SYSTEM
Amount
$29,929.00
Award Date
6/22/2009
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
We hypothesize that deletion of GABAergic funciton of accumbens shell neurons will lead to constant disinhibition of target areas including the lateral hypothalamus, resultingin hyperphagia on palatable food and development of obesity.