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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 31, 2002
Filed:
Feb. 05, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Louis Shuster, Brighton, MA (US);
Nicholas H. Dodman, Grafton, MA (US);
Assignee:
The Trustees of Tufts College, Medford, MA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 3/144 ; A61K 3/124 ; A61K 3/1135 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 3/144 ; A61K 3/124 ; A61K 3/1135 ;
Abstract
NMDA receptor antagonists can be used in methods of treatment, for reducing the frequency of stereotypic behaviors in animals and for reducing the frequency of analogous compulsive behaviors in humans, for example, those that have been said to be a manifestation of, or related to, obsessive-compulsive disorder. Of particular interest are the (+) enantiomers of opioid receptor binding compounds, which can reduce the frequency of the behaviors, while having no effects from binding at the opioid receptor.