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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 08, 2016
Filed:
Jun. 13, 2012
Applicants:
Randall Peterson, Belmont, MA (US);
Chung Yan J. Cheung, Cupertino, CA (US);
David Kokel, Somerville, MA (US);
Inventors:
Randall Peterson, Belmont, MA (US);
Chung Yan J. Cheung, Cupertino, CA (US);
David Kokel, Somerville, MA (US);
Assignee:
The General Hospital Corporation, Boston, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 31/4439 (2006.01); A61K 41/00 (2006.01); A61K 31/427 (2006.01); A61N 5/06 (2006.01); A61K 31/426 (2006.01); A61K 31/4406 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 31/4439 (2013.01); A61K 31/426 (2013.01); A61K 31/427 (2013.01); A61K 31/4406 (2013.01); A61K 41/00 (2013.01); A61N 5/062 (2013.01); A61N 5/0622 (2013.01); A61N 2005/0661 (2013.01); A61N 2005/0663 (2013.01);
Abstract
Embodiments of the technology described herein relate, at least in part, to methods of modulating the activity of a neuron by contacting the neuron with a photo-sensitive TrpA1 agonist and then illuminating the neuron with electromagnetic radiation. Also described herein are photo-sensitive TrpA1 agonists.