Primary Recipient

MCLEAN HOSPITAL CORPORATION, THE

Amount

$158,000.00

Award Date

7/16/2009

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

Human genetic studies have linked polymorphisms in the gene encoding the GABAA receptor ?2 subunit, GABRA2, to substance abuse, but neuronal mechanism and brain regions involved are still unknown. Recent experimental evidence suggests that a global deleti