Primary Recipient

LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY SYSTEM

Amount

$826,822.00

Award Date

5/07/2009

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 GABAA receptor is a ligand-gated chloride channel that, upon binding the neurotransmitter GABA, mediates neuronal inhibition throughout the brain. In addition to binding GABA, the receptor is allosterically modulated by a variety of therapeutic agents