Primary Recipient

CHILDRENS HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA

Amount

$857,577.18

Award Date

9/10/2010

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

We propose to test the hypothesis that mitochondrial dysfunction is an important factor in the etiology of autism spectrum disorders (ASD). The mitochondria play four central roles in cell and tissue function: they provide most of the energy, generate muc