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Basic Science Projects

Environmental Enrichment and Cholinergic Mechanisms After Traumatic Brain Injury

Funding Agency:

National Institutes of Health (Grant No. R01 NS060005)

Total Project Period:

02/01/09 – 01/31/13

Total Project Award:

$1,856,250

Principal Investigator:

Anthony E. Kline, MD (Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation)

Co-Investigators:

C. Edward Dixon PhD

Project Summary:

The proposed studies will test the hypothesis that cholinergic neurons are important mediators of EE-induced change after TBI and that there are gender differences in this mediation.

Dr. Dixon