Methods for Treating Cognitive/Attention Deficit Disorders Using Tetrahydroindolone Analogues and Derivatives

A pharmaceutical composition comprising:

• a) a compound of Formula (I)
• wherein
• A is
• where N is bonded to L;
• L is a hydrocarbyl moiety of 1 to 6 carbon atoms optionally substituted with one or more substituents selected from the group consisting of lower alkyl, amino, hydroxy, lower alkoxy, lower alkylamino, lower alkylhio, and oxo;
• and
• B is —OZ or N(Y1)-D, where Z is hydrogen or alkyl and Y1 is hydrogen or alkyl which, when taken with D, can form a cyclic 5- or 6-membered saturated structure which can contain one other heteroatom which can be O, N, or S, of which N can be further substituted with Y2, where Y2 is alkyl, aryl, heteroaryl, aralkyl, heteroaralkyl, alkanoyl, aroyl, heteroaroyl, aralkanoyl, heteroaralkanoyl, alkylsulfonyl, arylsulfonyl, heteroarylsulfonyl, aralkylsulfonyl, heteroaralkylsulfonyl, alkoxycarbonyl, aryloxycarbonyl, heteroaryloxycarbonyl, aralkoxycarbonyl, heteroaralkoxycarbonyl, alkylaminocarbonyl, arylaminocarbonyl, heteroarylaminocarbonyl, aralkylaminocarbonyl, or heteroaralkylaminocarbonyl, in which the alkyl portions can be cyclic and can contain from 1 to 3 heteroatoms which can be N, O, or S;
• and
• b) a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.