Abstract

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a devastating neurodegenerative disorder that affects 5 million Americans age 65 and older, and this prevalance is expected to increase more than 50% by the year 2030. AD, therefore, is a serious and growing challenge to the health and well-being of Americans, and research must be devoted to lessening its impact. An emerging potential therapy for Alzheimer's Disease (AD) is the transplantation of stem cells, and recently our laboratory has found that implanting neural stem cells (NSC) into the hippocampus of mice with the hallmarl

  Funding Agency

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Institute on Aging (NIA)
Type
Predoctoral Individual National Research Service Award (F31)
Project #
1F31AG034061-01A1
Application #
7751418
Study Section
Special Emphasis Panel (ZRG1-F01-E (20))
Program Officer
Wise, Bradley C
Project Start
2009-09-30
Project End
2012-09-29
Budget Start
2009-09-30
Budget End
2010-09-29
Support Year
1
Fiscal Year
2009
Total Cost
$32,879
Indirect Cost

  Institution

Name
University of California Irvine
Department
Other Basic Sciences
Type
Schools of Arts and Sciences
DUNS #
046705849
City
Irvine
State
CA
Country
United States
Zip Code
92697