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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 25, 1992
Filed:
Aug. 16, 1990
Applicant:
Inventors:
Elias Aizenman, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Paul A Rosenberg, Newton, MA (US);
Paul M Gallop, Chestnut Hill, MA (US);
Assignee:
University of Pittsburgh of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
514311 ;
Abstract
A method for resisting neurological damage caused by overstimulation of the MDA receptor of nerve cells by glutamate includes exposing the NMDA receptors to an oxidizing agent to thereby diminish overall activity of the receptors following activation by glutamate. The oxidizing agent preferably is a material selected from the group consisting of pyrroloquinoline quinone and topa hydantoin.