申请人:Catalano Susan M.
公开号:US20140378460A1
公开(公告)日:2014-12-25
This invention relates to the use sigma-2 receptor antagonists, and of pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds, in methods for inhibiting Abeta-associated synapse loss or synaptic dysfunction in neuronal cells, modulating an Abeta-associated membrane trafficking change in neuronal cells, and treating cognitive decline associated with Abeta pathology and more broadly treating with such compounds and compositions neurodegenerative diseases and disorders associated with Abeta pathology. This invention also relates to methods for screening compounds for activity in inhibiting cognitive decline on the basis of their ability to bind to a sigma-2 receptor.
本发明涉及使用sigma-2受体拮抗剂及包含这种化合物的药物组合物,用于抑制神经元细胞中Abeta相关突触丢失或突触功能障碍,调节神经元细胞中Abeta相关的膜转运变化,以及治疗与Abeta病理相关的认知衰退,更广泛地使用这种化合物和组合物治疗与Abeta病理相关的神经退行性疾病和障碍。本发明还涉及通过它们与sigma-2受体结合的能力来筛选具有抑制认知衰退活性的化合物的方法。