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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 22, 2018
Filed:
Feb. 11, 2008
Ofer Zohar, Gaithersburg, MD (US);
Daniel L. Alkon, Bethesda, MD (US);
Ofer Zohar, Gaithersburg, MD (US);
Daniel L. Alkon, Bethesda, MD (US);
Cognitive Research Enterprises, Inc., Morgantown, WV (US);
Abstract
The invention provides for the use of protein kinase activators or boosters of nerve growth factor (NGF), brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) or other neurotrophic factors to treat head trauma. Specifically, the present invention provides methods of treating head trauma comprising the steps of identifying a subject having suffered a head trauma and administering to said subject an amount of a pharmaceutical composition comprising a protein kinase C (PKC) activator or 4-methylcatechol acetic acid (MCBA) and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier effective to treat at least one symptom of head trauma.