Methods for treating cognitive deficits in a subject having schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, or psychiatric depression, and exhibiting cognitive deficits by administering an antagonist of the Na+-K+-2Cl-cation-chloride cotransporter isoform 1 (NKCC1)
US11666547B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 29, 2020 |
| Grant date | Jun 6, 2023 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 24, 2040 |
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- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61K45/06
- WIPO fieldPharmaceuticals
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
Disclosed are methods for treating a psychiatric disease or disorder and/or symptoms thereof in a subject in need thereof, the method comprising administering to the subject an effective amount of an antagonist of the Na+-K+-2Cl— cation-chloride cotransporter isoform 1 (NKCC1) for treating the psychiatric disorder and/or the symptoms thereof in the subject. The methods further may include administering to the subject a dopamine D1 agonist and/or a GABAA agonist, optionally at a subeffective dose, where co-administering the antagonist of NKCC1 improves the efficacy of the dopamine D1 agonist and/or the GABAA agonist, optionally at the subeffective dose, for treating the psychiatric disease or disorder and/or symptoms thereof.
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