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Method for treating and controlling the symptoms of neurodegenerative disease and neuropsychopharmacological disorders

US5256690A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateOct 26, 1992
Grant dateOct 26, 1993
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Expiry dateOct 26, 2012

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  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA61K31/27
  • WIPO fieldPharmaceuticals
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A method for treating and controlling the symptoms of neuropsychopharmacological disorders and neurodegenerative diseases associated with or resulting from excessive activation of the N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor complex which comprises administering to warm-blooded animals in need of such treatment, 2-phenyl-1,3-propanediol dicarbamate, the neuroprotective effects of which are at least partially mediated through a strychnine-insensitive glycine receptor mechanism is disclosed.

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