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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.

Date of Patent:
Jan. 24, 2012

Filed:

Feb. 04, 2008
Applicants:

Qun-yong Zhou, Irvine, CA (US);

Alex G. Lee, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Michelle Y. Cheng, Monterey Park, CA (US);

Robert M. Sapolsky, San Francisco, CA (US);

Inventors:

Qun-Yong Zhou, Irvine, CA (US);

Alex G. Lee, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Michelle Y. Cheng, Monterey Park, CA (US);

Robert M. Sapolsky, San Francisco, CA (US);

Assignees:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 49/00 (2006.01); A61K 31/535 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

The present invention relates to a method of identifying agents that modulate prokineticin receptors, particularly, in the brain. Such agents are useful in the treatment of cerebrovascular diseases, including cerebral ischemia, cerebral hemorrhage, ischemic stroke, hemorrhagic stroke, and ischemic reperfusion injury. Additionally, such agents are useful to treat seizure disorders, such as epilepsy.


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