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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 12, 2011
Filed:
May. 24, 2007
Applicants:
Miao-kun Sun, Gaithersburg, MD (US);
Daniel L. Alkon, Bethesda, MD (US);
Thomas J. Nelson, Morgantown, WV (US);
Inventors:
Miao-Kun Sun, Gaithersburg, MD (US);
Daniel L. Alkon, Bethesda, MD (US);
Thomas J. Nelson, Morgantown, WV (US);
Assignee:
Blanchette Rockefeller Neurosciences Institute, Morgantown, WV (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 31/335 (2006.01); A61K 31/351 (2006.01); A61P 25/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The invention provides for the use of carbonic anhydrase activators; protein kinase C activators and FGF-18 to treat depressive disorders. The invention also relates to improved animal models and methods for screening and identifying compounds the treatment of depressive disorders.