申请人:Cortex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
公开号:US08013003B2
公开(公告)日:2011-09-06
This invention relates to compounds, pharmaceutical compositions and methods for use in the prevention and treatment of cerebral insufficiency, including enhancement of receptor functioning in synapses in brain networks responsible for basic and higher order behaviors. These brain networks, which are involved in regulation of breathing, and cognitive abilities related to memory impairment, such as is observed in a variety of dementias, in imbalances in neuronal activity between different brain regions, as is suggested in disorders such as Parkinson's disease, schizophrenia, respiratory depression, sleep apneas, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and affective or mood disorders, and in disorders wherein a deficiency in neurotrophic factors is implicated, as well as in disorders of respiration such as overdose of an alcohol, an opiate, an opioid, a barbiturate, an anesthetic, or a nerve toxin, or where the respiratory depression results form a medical condition such as central sleep apnea, stroke-induced central sleep apnea, obstructive sleep apnea, congenital hypoventilation syndrome, obesity hypoventilation syndrome, sudden infant death syndrome, Rett syndrome, spinal cord injury, traumatic brain injury, Cheney-Stokes respiration, Ondines curse, Prader-Willi's syndrome and drowning. In a particular aspect, the invention relates to compounds useful for treatment of such conditions, and methods of using these compounds for such treatment.
本发明涉及化合物、药物组合物及其使用方法,用于预防和治疗脑血供不足,包括增强大脑网络中负责基本和高级行为的突触受体功能。这些大脑网络涉及呼吸调节和与记忆障碍相关的认知能力,例如多种痴呆症,神经元活动在不同脑区之间的失衡,如帕金森病、精神分裂症、呼吸抑制、睡眠呼吸暂停、注意力缺陷多动障碍和情感或情绪障碍,以及神经营养因子缺乏相关的疾病,以及呼吸方面的疾病,如酒精、鸦片、阿片、巴比妥酸盐、麻醉剂或神经毒素过量,或呼吸抑制由中枢性睡眠呼吸暂停、中风引起的中枢性睡眠呼吸暂停、阻塞性睡眠呼吸暂停、先天性低通气综合症、肥胖低通气综合症、婴儿猝死综合症、雷特综合症、脊髓损伤、创伤性脑损伤、切尼-斯托克斯呼吸、昏迷和溺水等医疗状况引起。在特定方面,本发明涉及用于治疗这些疾病的化合物以及使用这些化合物进行治疗的方法。