Primary Recipient

MARY BALDWIN COLLEGE

Amount

$72,696.00

Award Date

9/30/2009

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

Steroid hormones are responsible for many observed sex differences in brain and behavior in a variety of species, including humans. The female Asian musk shrew (Suncus murinus) is an insectivore that differs from most other mammals in its 1) lack of behav