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A61K 31/52 (2006.01) A61K 31/415 (2006.01) A61K 31/42 (2006.01) A61K 31/53 (2006.01)
Patent
CA 2413405
Methods are disclosed for improving age-related decreases in cortical function by increasing the activity of inhibitory pathways, such as GABA-ergic pathways, in the central nervous system. In particular examples, subjects with age-related decreases in cortical function are treated by administering therapeutically effective amounts of a GABA-ergic agonist. The disclosed methods also enable screening for drugs that inhibit an age-related decline in cortical function, for example by exposing a subject to a test agent, and measuring an increase in GABA-ergic cortical inhibitory activity.
Cette invention concerne des méthodes permettant de ralentir le déclin de la fonction corticale grâce à une augmentation de l'activité des trajets inhibiteurs, tels que les trajets liés à la fonction GABA-ergique, dans le système nerveux central. Dans certains exemples particuliers, des sujets atteints d'une baisse de la fonction corticale liée à l'âge sont traités au moyen de doses thérapeutiquement efficaces d'un agoniste GABA-ergique. Les méthodes selon l'invention permettent également de cribler des médicaments qui inhibent le déclin lié à l'âge de la fonction corticale, par exemple en exposant un sujet à un agent d'essai et en mesurant l'accroissement de l'activité inhibitrice corticale gaba-ergique.
Leventhal Audie G.
Ogilvy Renault Llp/s.e.n.c.r.l.,s.r.l.
University Of Utah Research Foundation
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