Primary Recipient

MEHARRY MEDICAL COLLEGE

Amount

$99,823.00

Award Date

1/27/2010

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

Research data indicates that nitric oxide (NO) mediated stomach smooth muscle relaxation is higher in healthy females than in age matched healthy male rats and a reduction of this system leads to severe stomach emptying problems in diabetic females only.