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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:
Jul. 09, 2002
Filed:
Nov. 08, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Frank Ivy Carroll, Durham, NC (US);
Hernán A. Navarro, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Philip Abraham, Cary, NC (US);
Desong Zhong, Apex, NC (US);
Assignee:
Research Triangle Institute, Research Triangle Park, NC (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 5/100 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 5/100 ;
Abstract
Ligands for nAChRs are provided based on various derivatives of methyllycaconitine (MLA) such as radiolabeled MLA, and MLA containing a fluorimetric marker group and their use in imaging for detection of Alzheimer's and other CNS diseases, and combinatorial assays for detection of compounds having affinity for nAChRs, as well as injectable compositions containing the same and kits for performing the imaging studies.