Primary Recipient

MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN, INC., THE

Amount

$927,390.00

Award Date

8/31/2009

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

Endothelial cells (EC) release several factors that reduce vascular tone and counteract vasoconstriction including nitric oxide (NO) and prostaglandin (PG) I2. In the rabbit aorta and mouse mesenteric artery, endothelium-dependent relaxations to acetylcho