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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 05, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 09, 2012
Georgetown University, Washington, DC (US);
Yingxian Xiao, Potomac, MD (US);
Kenneth J. Kellar, Bethesda, MD (US);
Milton L. Brown, Brookeville, MD (US);
Mikell A. Paige, Fairfax, VA (US);
Yong Liu, Rockville, MD (US);
Edward D. Levin, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Amir H. Rezvani, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Georgetown University, Washington, DC (US);
Duke University, Durham, NC (US);
Abstract
Disclosed are heterocyclic compounds that are ligands for nicotinic acetylcholine receptors. The compounds are useful for treating a mammal suffering from any one of a range of therapeutic indications, including Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, dyskinesias, Tourette's syndrome, schizophrenia, attention deficit disorder, anxiety, pain, depression, obsessive compulsive disorder, chemical substance abuse, alcoholism, memory deficit, pseudodementia, Ganser's syndrome, migraine pain, bulimia, obesity, premenstrual syndrome or late luteal phase syndrome, tobacco abuse, post-traumatic syndrome, social phobia, chronic fatigue syndrome, premature ejaculation, erectile difficulty, anorexia nervosa, disorders of sleep, autism, mutism, trichotillomania, and hypothermia.