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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 08, 2008
Filed:
Sep. 24, 2004
Nicholas I. Carruthers, Poway, CA (US);
Wenying Chai, San Diego, CA (US);
Scott L. Dax, Landenberg, PA (US);
Jill A. Jablonowski, San Diego, CA (US);
Xiaobing LI, Flemington, NJ (US);
Timothy W. Lovenberg, San Diego, CA (US);
William V. Murray, Belle Mead, NJ (US);
Dale A. Rudolph, San Diego, CA (US);
Mark Seierstad, San Diego, CA (US);
Mark A. Youngman, Warminster, PA (US);
Nicholas I. Carruthers, Poway, CA (US);
Wenying Chai, San Diego, CA (US);
Scott L. Dax, Landenberg, PA (US);
Jill A. Jablonowski, San Diego, CA (US);
Xiaobing Li, Flemington, NJ (US);
Timothy W. Lovenberg, San Diego, CA (US);
William V. Murray, Belle Mead, NJ (US);
Dale A. Rudolph, San Diego, CA (US);
Mark Seierstad, San Diego, CA (US);
Mark A. Youngman, Warminster, PA (US);
Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceutical Research & Development, LLC, Raritan, NJ (US);
Abstract
The invention provides novel non-peptidic NPY Y2 receptor inhibitors useful in treating or preventing: anxiolytic disorders or depression; injured mammalian nerve tissue; conditions responsive to treatment through administration of a neurotrophic factor; neurological disorders; bone loss; substance related disorders; obesity; or an obesity-related disorder. Compounds of the invention are also useful in modulating endocrine functions, particularly endocrine functions controlled by the pituitary and hypothalamic glands, and are therefore useful in the treatment or prevention of inovulation and infertility.