Wiltgen Lab Recieves Grants from Whitehall Foundation and Alzheimer’s Association

The Wiltgen Lab at the University of Virginia was recently awarded grants from both the Whitehall Foundation and Alzheimer’s Association.

The Alzheimer’s Association grant was awarded as part of the associations 2011 New Investigator Research Grant awards for the labs submission “The Role of Synaptic Plasticity in the Development of Alzheimer’s Disease“.  This exciting research will test the theory that the higher plasticity of the hippocampus may make hippocampal neurons more vulnerable to damage from the toxic protein clumps characteristic of Alzheimer’s disease.

In addition the Wiltgen Lab has also been awarded a three year research grant from the White hall Foundation is for their work on the Contributions of Calcium-Permeable AMPA Receptors to Synaptic Plasticity.

Congratulations to our colleagues at the Wiltgen Lab at the University of Virginia from everyone here at Med Associates.

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