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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 19, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 01, 2005
Jogeshwar Mukherjee, Irvine, CA (US);
Ramaiah Pichika, Oregon, CA (US);
Steven Potkin, Irvine, CA (US);
Frances Leslie, Irvine, CA (US);
Sankha Chattopadhyay, Bidhannagar, IN;
Jogeshwar Mukherjee, Irvine, CA (US);
Ramaiah Pichika, Oregon, CA (US);
Steven Potkin, Irvine, CA (US);
Frances Leslie, Irvine, CA (US);
Sankha Chattopadhyay, Bidhannagar, IN;
The Regents of the University of California, Oakland, CA (US);
Abstract
Contemplated compositions and methods are employed to bind in vitro and in vivo to an α4β2 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor in a highly selective manner. Where such compounds are labeled, compositions and methods employing such compounds can be used for PET and SPECT analysis. Alternatively, and/or additionally contemplated compounds can be used as antagonists, partial agonists or agonists in the treatment of diseases or conditions associated with α4ββ2 dysfunction.