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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 16, 1993
Filed:
Sep. 12, 1990
Applicant:
Inventors:
Paul Marangos, Encinitas, CA (US);
Harry E Gruber, San Diego, CA (US);
Assignee:
Gensia Pharmaceuticals, San Diego, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
514 46 ; 514 43 ; 514 45 ; 514 44 ; 514 47 ; 514 48 ; 514821 ; 536 267 ; 536 276 ;
Abstract
Methods of preventing neural tissue damage caused by excitotoxicity due to increased release of excitatory amino acids by increasing extracellular concentrations of adenosine in and around the neural tissue are provided. These methods are especially useful in treating neurodegenerative diseases such as Parkinson's Disease, Alzheimer's Disease, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis or Huntington's Disease.