Primary Recipient

TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER

Amount

$286,121.00

Award Date

9/24/2011

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

Parkinson's disease (PD) is a neurodegene Parkinson's disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative disorder occurring after an extensive loss of midbrain dopamine (DA) neurons that regulate normal body movements. The small protein, D-synuclein (a-Syn), is implicat