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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 23, 1999
Filed:
Dec. 23, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
Amir Pelleg, Haverford, PA (US);
Assignee:
Allegheny University of the Health Sciences, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
514 81 ; 514 89 ;
Abstract
The present invention provides methods of altering vagal tone in a patient by administering a therapeutically effective amount of a mediator of P.sub.2x -purinoceptors located on vagal afferent nerve terminals to the patient. Diagnostic applications are also provided.