Pharmaceutical composition for treating and/or preventing a pathology associated with an obsessional behavior or with obesity
申请人:Compan Valerie
公开号:US20060116341A1
公开(公告)日:2006-06-01
This invention relates to the use of a ligand of the 5-HT
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receptor or of a pharmaceutically acceptable salt of this ligand and to a nucleic acid coding for a 5-HT
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receptor or of a functionally equivalent receptor for a drug for treating and/or preventing a pathology associated with an obsessional behavior such as anorexia, bulimia and the addiction to drugs of abuse or obesity. The invention also relates to a method for identifying a compound that is biologically active in the treatment and/or the prevention of a pathology associated with an obsessional conduct or obesity including: a) placing the 5-HT
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receptor or a functionally equivalent receptor in contact with this biologically active compound, and b) the determination of whether this biologically active compound is capable of modulating the basal activity of the 5-HT
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receptor or of a functionally equivalent receptor.
本发明涉及一种 5-HT
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受体的配体或该配体的药学上可接受的盐,以及编码 5-HT
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受体或功能等效受体的核酸,用于治疗和/或预防与强迫行为有关的病理,如厌食症、贪食症和滥用药物成瘾或肥胖症。本发明还涉及一种鉴定化合物的方法,该化合物在治疗和/或预防与强迫行为或肥胖症相关的病理方面具有生物活性,包括:a) 将 5-HT
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受体或功能相当的受体与这种生物活性化合物接触,以及 b) 确定这种生物活性化合物是否能够调节 5-HT
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受体或功能相当的受体的基础活性。