Primary Recipient

OREGON HEALTH & SCIENCE UNIVERSITY

Amount

$608,525.00

Award Date

9/18/2009

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

The perioculomotor area (pIII) is the main source of neuropeptide Urocortin 1 (Ucn1) in the brain. Ucn1 is an endogenous peptide related to the corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF) that has higher affinity to CRF receptors than CRF itself. In addition to