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Date of Patent:
Aug. 28, 2012

Filed:

Dec. 28, 2011
Applicants:

Wenge Xie, Mahwah, NJ (US);

Brian Herbert, Stockholm, NJ (US);

Truc Nguyen, New York, NY (US);

Carla Gauss, New York, NY (US);

Ashok Tehim, Ridgewood, NJ (US);

Inventors:

Wenge Xie, Mahwah, NJ (US);

Brian Herbert, Stockholm, NJ (US);

Truc Nguyen, New York, NY (US);

Carla Gauss, New York, NY (US);

Ashok Tehim, Ridgewood, NJ (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 31/44 (2006.01); C07D 221/02 (2006.01); C07D 217/22 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

The present invention relates generally to the field of ligands for nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChR), activation of nAChRs, and the treatment of disease conditions associated with defective or malfunctioning nicotinic acetylcholine receptors, especially of the brain. Further, this invention relates to novel compounds (indazoles and benzothiazoles), which act as ligands for the α7 nAChR subtype, methods of preparing such compounds, compositions containing such compounds, and methods of use thereof.


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