Project Number 5P01NS030318-17 Agency/Funding Organization NINDS Funding Year 2009 View Full Project Details for TBI; AMYLOID METABOLISM AND STATIN THERAPY Research Categorization Primary Disease / Condition Alzheimer's Disease CADRO Category A. Molecular Pathogenesis and Physiology of Alzheimer's Disease and Alzheimer's Disease-related Dementias (AD/ADRDs) 1. Amyloid beta c. APP and Amyloid beta Signaling Researcher and Organization Principal Investigator DEKOSKY, STEVEN T Principal Investigator First Name STEVEN T Principal Investigator Last Name DEKOSKY Awardee Organization UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH Awardee State Pennsylvania Contact PI Country United States Project Detail FY Overall Cost $148,745 Funding Organization Agency/Funding Organization NINDS Funding Organization Country United States Program Official HICKS, RAMONA R Special Initiative Special Research Focus: Traumatic Brain Injury Related Resources Repository [AlzPED] Simvastatin therapy prevents brain trauma-induced increases in beta-amyloid peptide levels.
