申请人:Neurogen Corporation
公开号:US06414147B1
公开(公告)日:2002-07-02
Disclosed are compounds of the formula:
or the pharmaceutically acceptable non-toxic salts thereof wherein:
W is oxygen or sulfur;
X is (un)substituted lower alkyl; or
X is (un)substituted aryl or heteroaryl;
Y is hydrogen or lower alkyl;
Z is lower alkenyl, lower alkynyl, or (un)substituted lower alkyl;
T is (un)substituted aryl or heteroaryl.
The compounds are highly selective agonists, antagonists, or inverse agonists for GABAa brain receptors, or prodrugs of agonists, antagonists, or inverse agonists for GABAa brain receptors. Thus these compounds are useful in the diagnosis and treatment of anxiety, sleep and seizure disorders, Down's Syndrome, overdose with benzodiazepine drugs, and for the enhancement of memory.
本发明涉及下列化合物的公式:或其药学上可接受的非毒性盐,其中:W为氧或硫;X为(未)取代的低碳基;或X为(未)取代的芳基或杂环基;Y为氢或低碳基;Z为低烯基、低炔基或(未)取代的低碳基;T为(未)取代的芳基或杂环基。这些化合物是高度选择性的GABAa脑受体的激动剂、拮抗剂或反向激动剂,或是GABAa脑受体激动剂、拮抗剂或反向激动剂的前药。因此,这些化合物在焦虑、睡眠和癫痫障碍、唐氏综合症、苯二氮平类药物过量中的诊断和治疗以及增强记忆方面是有用的。