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 the adverse consequences of the hyperactivity of the excitatory amino acids, as well as treating anxiety, chronic pain, convulsions, and inducing anesthesia are disclosed by administering to an animal in need of such treatment an alkyl or azido-substituted 1,4-dihydroquinoxaline-2,3-dione or 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、低血糖和手术有关的神经元丧失的方法,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、抽搐和诱导麻醉的方法是通过给需要这种治疗的动物投予烷基或偶氮取代的1,4-二氢
喹喔啉-2,3-二酮或其药学上可接受的盐来实现,这些物质对甘
氨酸受体具有高结合能力。