Use of ciclopirox or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof for inhibiting neuronal cell damage or neuronal cell death
AssigneeThe Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York
InventorsLloyd A. Greene, Stephen E. Farinelli
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Abstract
6-Cyclohexyl-1-hydroxy-4-methyl-2(1H)-pyridinone, also known as ciclopirox, and its salts such as ciclopirox olamine are used to inhibit neuronal cell damage or neuronal cell death.
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A method of treating neuronal cell damage or neuronal cell death in a subject who is known to have neuronal cell-damage or neuronal cell death comprising administering to the subject 6-cyclohexyl-1-hydroxy-4-methyl-2(1H)-pyridinone or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, the 6-cyclohexyl-1-hydroxy-4-methyl-2(1H)-pyridinone or salt thereof being administered in an amount effective to inhibit neuronal cell damage or neuronal cell death in the subject.
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