Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON

Amount

$191,380.00

Award Date

9/25/2009

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

Mitochondrial dysfunction is a common feature of Parkinson's disease, but our knowledge of the underlying molecular mechanisms is rudimentary. Recently, a genetic pathway that influences mitochondrial integrity has emerged from studies of the PINK1 and p