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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 01, 2011
Filed:
Nov. 18, 2005
Victoria M. Richon, Rye, NY (US);
Paul A. Marks, Washington, CT (US);
Richard A. Rifkind, New York, NY (US);
Victoria M. Richon, Rye, NY (US);
Paul A. Marks, Washington, CT (US);
Richard A. Rifkind, New York, NY (US);
Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer Research, New York, NY (US);
Abstract
The present application is directed to a method of treating diseases of the central nervous system (CNS) comprising administering to a individual in need of treatment a therapeutically effective amount of an inhibitor of histone deacetylase. In particular embodiments, the CNS disease is a neurodegenerative disease. In further embodiments, the neurogenerative disease is an inherited neurodegenerative disease, such as those inherited neurodegenerative diseases which are polyglutamine expansion diseases. The individual can be a mammal such as a primate or human.