Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS

Amount

$451,636.00

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

The role of nicotinic receptors in nicotine withdrawal. Nicotine addiction is one of the primary causes of preventable mortality in the world. Withdrawal symptoms that occur after nicotine cessation account for the high incidence of relapse in people at