Grant: UNIVERISTY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER
Primary Recipient
UNIVERISTY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER
Amount
$407,000.00
Award Date
4/28/2009
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
Major depression and alcoholism feature lower-than-normal densities of neurons and glial cells in the prefrontal cortex (PFC) brain region heavily involved in addictive and affective disorders. In establishing the pathophysilology of MDD and alcoholism,