The present invention relates to methods for preventing damage to excitable cells following ischemic by administering to a patient who is undergoing or who has undergone an ischemic event an effective amount of a compound which increases a transient potassium (K
+
) conductance in the excitable cells of the patient. The present invention also provides a method for screening for compounds which increase a transient K
+
current in the excitable cells of a patient.
                            本发明涉及预防可兴奋细胞在缺血后受损的方法,其方法是向正在经历或已经经历缺血事件的患者施用有效量的化合物,该化合物可增加瞬时
钾(K
+
)传导性的化合物。本发明还提供了一种筛选化合物的方法,这种化合物能增加患者兴奋细胞中的瞬时 K
+
电流的化合物的筛选方法。