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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 20, 2004
Filed:
May. 21, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Akira Arimura, New Orleans, LA (US);
Assignee:
The Administrators of the Tulane Educational Fund, New Orleans, LA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 3/516 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 3/516 ;
Abstract
The present invention relates to methods and pharmaceutical preparations for treating or preventing neuronal cell damage in the brain and other tissues in mammals, comprising administering an effective amount of a PACAP, or an agonist, analog or derivative thereof having PACAP neurotrophic activity, in a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, in a concentration which is effective for protection of neuronal nerve cells in vivo.