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Carbon monoxide dependent guanylyl cyclase modifiers and methods of use

US5447939A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJul 25, 1994
Grant dateSep 5, 1995
Priority date
Expiry dateJul 25, 2014

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA61K31/708
  • WIPO fieldPharmaceuticals
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

Disclosed herein are methods directed generally to the control of neural activity and to the treatment of neural disorders. More particularly, the present invention is directed to methods for the modification of mammalian neural activity through the administration of carbon monoxide dependent guanylyl cyclase modulating purine derivatives. The methods of the present invention may be used to affect a variety of neurological activities and to therapeutically or prophylactically treat a wide variety of neurodegenerative and neurological disorders.

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