The invention encompasses a compound of the formula ##STR1## and the pharmaceutically acceptable non-toxic salts thereof wherein X, W, Y, R, and R2 are variables. These compounds are highly selective agonists, antagonists or inverse agonists for GABAa brain receptors or prodrugs thereof and are useful in the diagnosis and treatment of anxiety, sleep, and seizure disorders, overdose with benzodiazepine type drugs, and enhancement of alertness.
这项发明涵盖了一个公式为##STR1##的化合物及其药用可接受的无毒盐,其中X、W、Y、R和R2是变量。这些化合物是高度选择性的
GABAa脑受体的激动剂、拮抗剂或逆拮抗剂,或其前药,可用于诊断和治疗焦虑、睡眠和癫痫障碍、苯二氮卓类药物过量以及增强警觉性。