Use of dopamine and serotonin receptor antagonists for treatment in a subject with retinal degeneration
申请人:United States Government as Represented by The Department of Veterans Affairs
公开号:US11033554B2
公开(公告)日:2021-06-15
Disclosed herein are methods of treating disorders of the retina (e.g., macular degeneration, retinitis pigmentosa, etc.) comprising administering to a subject in need of such treatment a therapeutically effective amount of a compound (for example, an antipsychotic drug) that blocks or diminishes agonist-mediated responses upon binding to either dopamine D2-like receptors or serotonin 5-HT2 receptors.
本文公开了治疗视网膜疾病(如黄斑变性、视网膜色素变性等)的方法,包括向需要此类治疗的受试者施用治疗有效量的化合物(例如抗精神病药物),该化合物可阻断或减少与多巴胺D2样受体或5-羟色胺5-HT2受体结合后激动剂介导的反应。