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Modulators of acetylcholine receptors

US5594011A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateNov 10, 1994
Grant dateJan 14, 1997
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Expiry dateNov 10, 2014

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  • Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
  • CPC primaryC07F7/0814
  • WIPO fieldOrganic fine chemistry
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

g In accordance with the present invention, there is provided a class of pyridine compounds which are modulators of acetylcholine receptors. The compounds of the invention displace acetylcholine receptor ligands from their binding sites. Invention compounds may act as agonists, partial agonists, antagonists or allosteric modulators of acetylcholine receptors, and are useful for a variety of therapeutic applications, such as the treatment of Alzheimer's disease and other disorders involving memory loss and/or dementia; disorders of attention and focus; disorders of extrapyramidal motor function; mood and emotional disorders; substance abuse including withdrawal syndromes and substitution therapy; neuroendocrine disorders and dysregulation of food intake; disorders of nociception and control of pain; autonomic disorders including dysfunction of gastrointestinal motility and function; pheochromocytoma; cardiovascular dysfunction hypertension and cardia arrhythmias; comedication in surgical procedures, and the like.

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