Primary Recipient

REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA

Amount

$215,751.00

Award Date

1/29/2010

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 long term objective of this project is to determine the functions of glial cells (Muller cells and astrocytes) in the mammalian retina. Preliminary studies from our laboratory show that light-evoked neuronal activity can induce calcium increases in re