Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO

Amount

$244,282.00

Award Date

8/25/2010

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

Autism spectrum disorders (ASD) are pervasive developmental disorders characterized by abnormalities in a variety of social, communicative, and emotional behaviors, which occur in 0.67 percent of the population (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,