Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES

Amount

$247,460.00

Award Date

7/16/2009

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 main goal of this proposal is to investigate whether ERa or ER+? or simultaneous activation of both receptor subtypes are required to rescue heart failure by estrogen treatment. Using estrogen receptor alpha (ERa) and beta (ER+?) knockout and transge