Primary Recipient

OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY, THE

Amount

$95,750.00

Award Date

8/05/2009

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

Glutamate-mediated excitotoxicity is believed to be involved in the pathogenesis of many neurological disorders. Under disease conditions, elevated extracellular glutamate concentrations can occur when the release from presynaptic terminals is augmented o