Neurotherapeutic compositions and method
AssigneeRevaax Pharmaceuticals, LLC
InventorGary A. Koppel
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Abstract
Administration of β-Lactam compounds, including β-lactam antibiotics and β-lactamase inhibitors provides significant neurotropic effects in warm-blooded vertebrates evidence inter alia by anxiolytic and anti-aggressive behavior modification and enhanced cognition. Therapeutic methods for using such compounds and their pharmaceutical formulations are described.
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A method of enhancing cognitive function in a warm-blooded vertebrate in need of said treatment, said method comprising the step of administering to said warm-blooded vertebrate an effective amount of a compound capable of inhibiting the peptidase activity of one or more neurogenic peptidases in the brain of said patient.
A method of treating cognitive disorders in a warm-blooded vertebrate in need of said treatment, said method comprising the step of inhibiting neurogenic peptidase activity in the brain of said vertebrate, said neurogenic peptidase characterized by its inhibition with effective amounts of the peptide Ala-D-γ-Glu-Lys-D-Ala-D-Ala.
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