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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 28, 1999
Filed:
May. 15, 1996
Jeffrey P Whitten, San Diego, CA (US);
James R McCarthy, Solona Beach, CA (US);
Zhengyu Liu, San Diego, CA (US);
Charles Q Huang, San Diego, CA (US);
Philip E Erickson, San Diego, CA (US);
Dominic P Behan, San Diego, CA (US);
Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc., San Diego, CA (US);
Abstract
Ligand inhibitors for increasing levels of free corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF) in the brain. Such ligand inhibitors cause release of CRF from the CRF/CRF-binding protein complex. Administration of the ligand inhibitors provide improvement in learning and memory, result in decreased food intake and/or provide treatment for diseases associated with low levels of CRF in the brain, notably Alzheimer's disease. The ligand inhibitor is represented by the formula: ##STR1##