Compounds of the general structural formula
are shown to have AMPA receptor enhancing properties. The compounds are useful for such therapeutic purposes as facilitating the learning of behaviors dependent upon AMPA receptors, and in treating conditions, such as memory impairment, in which AMPA receptors, or synapses utilizing these receptors, are reduced in numbers or efficiency. They may also be used to enhance excitatory synaptic activity in order to restore an imbalance between brain subregions, as in treatment of schizophrenia or schizophreniform behavior.
一般结构式为
具有增强
AMPA 受体的特性。这些化合物可用于以下治疗目的:促进依赖
AMPA 受体的行为学习;治疗
AMPA 受体或利用这些受体的突触数量减少或效率降低的疾病,如记忆损伤。它们还可用于增强兴奋性突触活动,以恢复大脑亚区域之间的不平衡,如治疗精神分裂症或精神分裂症状行为。