Research Grants and Contract Activity: Pediatric Division
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Project Title:
Divergent Pathways of Cell Death After Brain Injury

Funding Agency:
National Institutes of Health

Total Project Period:
Feb 01, 2003 - Jan 31, 2008

Principal Investigator:
Robert Clark, MD

Co-Investigator(s):
Patrick Kochanek; Jun Chen, C.Edward Dixon, Steven G. Graham, Donald W.
Marion, Hector R. Wong, Joseph A. Carcillo, Simon C. Watkins

Project Summary:
The major goals of this project are to identify divergent pathways of cell death in experimental in vitro models, in vivo models of traumatic brain injury in adult rats, and in humans after traumatic brain injury. Variations within these pathways in the response to pharmacological and molecular therapies targeting cell death will also be examined. This represents a competitive renewal application for 1R01 NS38620.