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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 12, 2004
Applicant:
Andrew M. Blumenfeld, San Diego, CA (US);
Inventor:
Andrew M. Blumenfeld, San Diego, CA (US);
Assignee:
Allergan, Inc., Irvine, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 39/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Methods for preventing or treating neuropsychiatric disorder and/or a neurological disorder including a neurological disorder mediated by the thalamus. Neuropsychiatric disorders and/or a neurological disorders, including a thalamically mediated disorder can be treated by peripheral administration of a botulinum toxin to or to the vicinity of a trigeminal sensory nerve, thereby preventing or treating a neurological disorder and/or a neuropsychiatric disorder.