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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 13, 2009
Filed:
Jan. 16, 2004
Applicants:
Yorikata Sano, Tokyo, JP;
Kohei Inamura, Tokyo, JP;
Shinobu Mochizuki, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Astellas Pharma Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 33/53 (2006.01); G01N 33/566 (2006.01); G01N 33/48 (2006.01); G01N 31/00 (2006.01); G01N 25/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A screening tool and a screening method of a substance which is useful as an agent for improving the memory, an agent for improving learning ability, and/or an antidementia agent; a polypeptide, a polynucleotide, a vector, and a cell which may be used in the above screening; and a novel agent for improving the memory, a novel agent for improving learning ability, and/or a novel antidementia agent are disclosed. The above screening tool is composed of a calcium-permeable nonselective cation channel or a cell expressing the channel.