Leland Stanford Junior University

Stephen J Peroutka

Josef Pitha

Compounds that selectively bind 5-HT.sub.1A receptors in preference to other 5-HT receptors are provided along with methods for their use. Such compounds have the formula ##STR1## wherein A is an aromatic group selected to provide, with the glycidyl residue that forms the next portion of the molecule, a 5-HT-like portion of the molecule that represents the primary binding site of the molecule with a 5-HT receptor: X represents a quarternary carbon and its attached alkyl groups: Y represents a hydrocarbon linking group: Z represents hydrogen or an organic group containing up to 12 carbon and/or heteroatoms in its skeletal structure: and R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 independently represent hydrogen or an alkyl group. The aromatic group is most preferably indole or an indole derivative.

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Stephen J Peroutka