Scientist awarded $2 million to study role of single neurons in memory and aging

(Scripps Research Institute) A scientist from the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) has been awarded approximately $2 million from the National Institutes of Health to study the impact of aging and age-related disease on the inner workings of a single type of nerve cell. Ronald Davis, chair of the Department of Neuroscience at TSRI, is the principal investigator for the five-year grant.