Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO

Amount

$889,321.00

Award Date

2/26/2010

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

This project aims to apply the discovery that an immune molecule, tumor necrosis factor (TNF), changes the excitability of neurons to the transmitter glutamate, increasing cell death after spinal cord injury. Drugs that block TNF will be used to reduce se