WASHINGTON – The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Strokes granted New York Medical College in Valhalla $337,190 to better understand dendrites and their role in helping the brain function.
The grant through the New York Medical College will research dendrites, the vital structures that all nerve cells in the brain to communicate with each other. Neutral scientists will examine the signaling mechanisms in the dendrites themselves, to better understand normal brain function and treat illnesses in which brain functions are distorted or disrupted.
National Institute of Neurological Disordered is a division of the National Institutes of Health, with a mission to seek fundamental knowledge about the brain and nervous system and to use that knowledge to reduce the burden of neurological disease.
Congresswoman Nita Lowey (D, NY17) announced the grant.
“This is an example of basic research where we can hope to acquire
new knowledge, which can later be uses to uncover new therapies for neurological
problems like Alzheimer’s disease,” said William Ross, Ph.D.,
professor of physiology at New York Medical College.
