Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM

Amount

$843,887.00

Award Date

7/21/2009

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

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Alzheimer's disease (AD) has been linked to deposition of beta-amyloid (Ab) as amyloid plaques in the brain. Transgenic mice expressing the human Ab precursor protein (APP) produce high levels of Ab and develop amyloid