Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM

Amount

$74,250.00

Award Date

9/21/2010

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

The structure and function of synapses in Down syndrome (DS) brain are abnormal, causing the cognitive deficits that characterize this developmental disorder. Research within the last decade has revealed that, in addition to pre- and post-synaptic neurons