Primary Recipient

THE RESEARCH FOUNDATION OF STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK

Amount

$11,794.00

Award Date

7/14/2009

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

During the previous grant period, we have investigated the neural basis of the focal dystonia, benign essential blepharospasm (BEB). Our studies reveal that the spasms of lid closure characteristic of this disorder are an exaggeration of the abnormal blin