Primary Recipient

JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY, THE

Amount

$984,000.00

Award Date

8/04/2009

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

Alzheimer?s Disease (AD), the most common cause of dementia in the elderly, is characterized by the deposition of amyloid plaque and neurofibrillary tangles in the brain. Despite significant advances made toward our understanding of the pathogenesis of AD