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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 27, 2011
Filed:
Jun. 04, 2010
Anatoly A. Mazurov, Greensboro, NC (US);
Jozef Klucik, Marietta, GA (US);
Lan Miao, Advance, NC (US);
Angela S. Seamans, Jamestown, NC (US);
Teresa Youngpeter Phillips, Greensboro, NC (US);
Jeffrey Daniel Schmitt, Asheville, NC (US);
Craig Harrison Miller, Winston-Salem, NC (US);
Anatoly A. Mazurov, Greensboro, NC (US);
Jozef Klucik, Marietta, GA (US);
Lan Miao, Advance, NC (US);
Angela S. Seamans, Jamestown, NC (US);
Teresa Youngpeter Phillips, Greensboro, NC (US);
Jeffrey Daniel Schmitt, Asheville, NC (US);
Craig Harrison Miller, Winston-Salem, NC (US);
Targacept, Inc., Winston-Salem, NC (US);
Abstract
The present invention relates to the pharmaceutical compositions incorporating compounds capable of affecting nicotinic acetylcholinergic receptors (nAChRs), for example, as modulators of specific nicotinic receptor subtypes (specifically, the α7 nAChR subtype). The present invention also relates to methods for treating a wide variety of conditions and disorders, particularly those associated with dysfunction of the central and autonomic nervous systems.