This invention relates to novel thioflavin derivatives, methods of using the derivatives in, for example, in vivo imaging of patients having neuritic plaques, pharmaceutical compositions comprising the thioflavin derivatives and method of synthesizing the compounds. The compounds find particular use in the diagnosis and treatment of patients having diseases where accumulation of neuritic plaques are prevalent. The disease states or maladies include but are not limited to Alzheimer's Disease, familial Alzheimer's Disease, Down's Syndrome and homozygotes for the apolipoprotein E4 allele.
这项发明涉及新型
噻吩啉衍
生物,使用这些衍
生物的方法,例如用于体内成像患有神经纤维斑块的患者,包括
噻吩啉衍
生物的药物组合物以及合成这些化合物的方法。这些化合物在诊断和治疗患有神经纤维斑块积聚疾病的患者中发现特定用途。这些疾病状态或疾病包括但不限于阿尔茨海默病、家族性阿尔茨海默病、唐氏综合征以及
载脂蛋白E4等位
基因的纯合子。