Method of screening agent for improving memory and learning ability
US7476508B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jan 16, 2004 |
| Grant date | Jan 13, 2009 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 30, 2024 |
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- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61P43/00
- WIPO fieldPharmaceuticals
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A screening tool and a screening method of a substance which is useful as an agent for improving the memory, an agent for improving learning ability, and/or an antidementia agent; a polypeptide, a polynucleotide, a vector, and a cell which may be used in the above screening; and a novel agent for improving the memory, a novel agent for improving learning ability, and/or a novel antidementia agent are disclosed. The above screening tool is composed of a calcium-permeable nonselective cation channel or a cell expressing the channel.
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