Methods of treating or preventing neuronal loss associated with stroke, ischemia, CNS trauma, hypoglycemia and surgery, as well as treating neurodegenerative diseases including Alzheimer's disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Huntington's disease, and Down's syndrome, treating or preventing adverse consequences of the hyperactivity of the excitatory amino acids, as well as treating anxiety, chronic pain, convulsions, inducing anesthesia, and treating or preventing opiate tolerance are disclosed by administering to an animal in need of such treatment or prevention a substituted or unsubstituted pyridine and pyridine (N-oxide) analogs of 4-hydroxydihydroquinolones, tetrahydroquinoline-trione-oximes and quinoxalones, tautomers and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, which have high binding to the glycine receptor.
治疗或预防与中风、缺血、中枢神经系统创伤、低血糖和手术相关的神经元丢失的方法,以及治疗包括阿尔茨海默病、肌萎缩侧索硬化、亨廷顿病和唐氏综合征在内的神经退行性疾病,治疗或预防兴奋性
氨基酸过度活跃的不良后果,以及治疗焦虑、慢性疼痛、抽搐、诱导麻醉,以及治疗或预防阿片类药物耐受性的方法是通过向需要此类治疗或预防的动物施用取代或未取代的
吡啶和
吡啶(N-氧化物)类似物的
4-羟基二氢
喹啉酮,
四氢喹啉三酮
肟和
喹啉酮,其互变异构体和药学上可接受的盐,这些物质对甘
氨酸受体具有高结合能力。