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Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee (IACC)
Autism Research Database

Question 4: Objective 5

green dot Q4.5: Standardize and validate at least 20 model systems (e.g. cellular and/or animal) that replicate features of ASD and will allow identification of specific molecular targets or neural circuits amenable to existing or new interventions by 2012.

Projects Found: 42
Total Funding: $15,879,827
Records
Funder Project Title Funding Funding Institution

Funder

Autism Consortium

Project Title

Models and mechanisms - 2
$90,000

Funding

$90,000

Institution

Boston Children's Hospital

Funder

National Institutes of Health

Project Title

Genetic analyses of ARX homeobox gene function in neurodevelopmental disorders
$211,950

Funding

$211,950

Institution

Brandeis University

Funder

Autism Research Institute

Project Title

Oxidative stress: Rat study
$40,000

Funding

$40,000

Institution

Brigham and Women's Hospital

Funder

Simons Foundation

Project Title

A non-human primate autism model based on maternal infection
$446,873

Funding

$446,873

Institution

California Institute of Technology

Funder

Simons Foundation

Project Title

Cellular and molecular alterations in gabaergic inhibitory circuits by mutations in MECP2, a gene implicated in the Rett syndrome of the autism spectrum disorders
$441,032

Funding

$441,032

Institution

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

Funder

Simons Foundation

Project Title

Novel models to define the genetic basis of autism
$800,694

Funding

$800,694

Institution

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

Funder

Simons Foundation

Project Title

Aberrant synaptic function due to TSC mutation in autism
$150,000

Funding

$150,000

Institution

Columbia University Medical Center

Funder

National Institutes of Health

Project Title

Distinct function of the neuroligin 3 postsynaptic adhesion complex
$45,972

Funding

$45,972

Institution

Columbia University

Funder

National Institutes of Health

Project Title

Cognitive mechanisms of serially organized behavior
$307,187

Funding

$307,187

Institution

Columbia University

Funder

National Institutes of Health

Project Title

Molecular determinants of L-type calcium channel gating
$402,500

Funding

$402,500

Institution

Columbia University

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