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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 10, 2006
Filed:
Nov. 28, 2003
Yukitsuka Kudo, Suita, JP;
Masako Suzuki, Suita, JP;
Takahiro Suemoto, Minoh, JP;
Nobuyuki Okamura, Sendai, JP;
Tsuyoshi Shiomitsu, Osaka, JP;
Hiroshi Shimazu, Settsu, JP;
Yukitsuka Kudo, Suita, JP;
Masako Suzuki, Suita, JP;
Takahiro Suemoto, Minoh, JP;
Nobuyuki Okamura, Sendai, JP;
Tsuyoshi Shiomitsu, Osaka, JP;
Hiroshi Shimazu, Settsu, JP;
BF Research Institute, Inc., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
The present invention provides compounds, or salts or solvates thereof, which can be used as probes for the imaging diagnosis of diseases in which tau protein accumulates, and compositions and kits comprising such compounds, or salts or solvates thereof. The present invention also provides a method for staining neurofibrillary tangles in brain samples, and a pharmaceutical composition for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of a disease in which β-sheet structure is the cause or possible cause.