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Treatment, prevention, and reversal of alcohol-induced brain disease

AssigneeRhode Island Hospital

InventorsJack R. Wands, Suzanne Marie de la Monte

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Abstract

This invention relates to methods for treating, preventing, or reversing brain disease or damage produced by chronic alcohol intake by administering a peroxisome proliferator activated receptor (PPAR) agonist.

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A method for treating alcohol-induced cognitive impairment or an alcohol-induced brain disease in an animal, comprising administering to said animal an amount of peroxisome proliferator activated receptor-δ (PPAR-δ) agonist effective to decrease insulin resistance in the brain of said animal, wherein the agonist is:

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Facts

Application: 12/310,831Filed 10 Sep 2007 · us provisional application
Priority: 8 Sep 2006
Published: US 2010/0055037 A14 Mar 2010
Granted: 12 Apr 2016
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification8 codes

A61K 31/425
Having five-membered rings with two or more ring hetero atoms, at least one of which being nitrogen, e.g. tetrazole: thiazoles
A61K 31/47
Having six-membered rings with one nitrogen as the only ring hetero atom: quinolines; Isoquinolines
A61P 25/00
Drugs for disorders of the nervous system
A61P 25/28
Drugs for disorders of the nervous system: for treating neurodegenerative disorders of the central nervous system, e.g. nootropic agents,…

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Application60/842,988Us provisional application · filed 8 Sep 2006
US 2010/0055037 A1Pre-grant publication · published 4 Mar 2010
US 9,308,198 B2This patent

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