Primary Recipient

NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE

Amount

$68,850.00

Award Date

9/21/2009

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

Evidence from our ongoing behavioral studies in narcoleptic, orexin receptor deficient mice indicate that increases in cholinergic outflow following the loss of orexin signaling contributes to the disregulation of muscle atonia (cataplexy) which occurs in