Primary Recipient

REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN

Amount

$409,386.00

Award Date

5/15/2009

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

Lafora disease (LD) is an autosomal recessive and incurable disease with characters of progressive myoclonus epilepsy (PME), severe neurological deterioration, and the accumulation of starch-like glycogen inclusion bodies (LB) mainly in the brain, muscle,