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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 22, 2015
Filed:
Apr. 28, 2008
Applicants:
Stephen M. Strittmatter, Guilford, CT (US);
Juha Lauren, New Haven, CT (US);
David Gimbel, New Haven, CT (US);
Inventors:
Stephen M. Strittmatter, Guilford, CT (US);
Juha Lauren, New Haven, CT (US);
David Gimbel, New Haven, CT (US);
Assignee:
YALE UNIVERSITY, New Haven, CT (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07K 16/28 (2006.01); A61K 39/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C07K 16/2872 (2013.01); A61K 2039/505 (2013.01); C07K 2317/34 (2013.01); C07K 2317/76 (2013.01);
Abstract
The invention provides methods of inhibiting suppression of long term potentiation, improving acute memory retention and spatial memory performance and treating Alzheimer's disease by administration of a PrPc antagonist or combinations thereof. Additionally, this invention provides pharmaceutical kits comprising, and methods for making and using, such combinations, as well as methods of identifying molecules that could function as PrPantagonists.