Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER AT DALLAS

Amount

$31,400.00

Award Date

7/21/2009

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

Abnormal development of the nervous system is thought to underlie many complex neurological disorders. In the past decade, research in several vertebrate organisms has shown the bHLH transcription factor Ascl1 (previously Mash1) is essential for neuronal