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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 26, 2002
Filed:
Dec. 05, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
John A. Phillips, III, Brentwood, TN (US);
Susan G. McGrew, Nashville, TN (US);
Assignee:
Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 3/119 ; A61K 3/144 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 3/119 ; A61K 3/144 ;
Abstract
A method of treating autism in a patient. The method includes administering to the patient an effective amount of a glutamine level reducing agent, a glycine level reducing agent or combinations thereof. Representative glutamine level reducing agents are phenylbutyrate and phenylacetate, and a representative glycine level reducing agent is sodium benzoate. Optionally, an N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor antagonist can also be administered to the patient. A representative N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor antagonist is dextromethorphan.