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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 12, 2008
Filed:
Nov. 03, 2003
Huda Akil, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
William E. Bunney, Jr., Laguna Beach, CA (US);
Prabhakara V. Choudary, Davis, CA (US);
Simon J. Evans, Milan, MI (US);
Edward G. Jones, Winters, CA (US);
Jun LI, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Juan F. Lopez, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Robert C. Thompson, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Richard Myers, Stanford, CA (US);
Hiroaki Tomita, Irvine, CA (US);
Marquis P. Vawter, Niguel, CA (US);
Stanley Watson, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Huda Akil, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
William E. Bunney, Jr., Laguna Beach, CA (US);
Prabhakara V. Choudary, Davis, CA (US);
Simon J. Evans, Milan, MI (US);
Edward G. Jones, Winters, CA (US);
Jun Li, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Juan F. Lopez, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Robert C. Thompson, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Richard Myers, Stanford, CA (US);
Hiroaki Tomita, Irvine, CA (US);
Marquis P. Vawter, Niguel, CA (US);
Stanley Watson, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides methods for diagnosing mental disorders such as mood disorders, including bipolar disorder I and II and major depression. The invention also provides methods of identifying modulators of such mental disorders as well as methods of using these modulators to treat patients suffering from such mental disorders.