Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO, THE

Amount

$68,815.00

Award Date

6/04/2009

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

This project aims to examine the trafficking and processing of the amyloid precursor protein (APP) in neurons. APP gives rise the amyloid-p protein (AS),is mutated in a subset of Alzheimer's disease patients, and is the enzymatic substrate of the protease