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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 19, 2002
Filed:
Oct. 06, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
David Weiner, San Diego, CA (US);
Mark R. Brann, San Diego, CA (US);
Assignee:
Acadia Pharmacueticals Inc., San Diego, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 3/3567 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 3/3567 ;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a method of identifying compounds which act as inverse agonists of the 5-HT2A receptor, the method comprising contacting a constitutively active 5-HT2A receptor with at least one test compound and determining any decrease in the level of basal activity of the receptor so as to identify a test compound which is an inverse agonist of the 5-HT2A receptor. Such inverse agonists may be used in the treatment of schizophrenia and related psychoses.