Login| Sign Up| Help| Contact|

Patent Searching and Data


Title:
TREATMENT OF NEGATIVE AND COGNITIVE SYMPTOM OF SCHIZOPHRENIA WITH GLYCINE UPTAKE ANTAGONIST
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2009167205
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:

To provide a treatment method useful for psychosis such as major depression, manic depressive psychosis, Alzheimer's disease or post-traumatic stress syndrome, associated with drug intoxication caused by dissociative anesthetics and psychostimulants.

A glycine uptake antagonist in an amount sufficient to potentiate NMDA (N-methyl-D-aspartate) receptor-mediated neurotransmission and further, neuroleptic agent which is an antipsychotic medicine are administered to patients suffering from symptoms of psychosis and of schizophrenia in order to treat these symptoms.


Inventors:
JAVITT DANIEL C
Application Number:
JP2009066534A
Publication Date:
July 30, 2009
Filing Date:
March 18, 2009
Export Citation:
Click for automatic bibliography generation   Help
Assignee:
JAVITT DANIEL C
International Classes:
A61K45/00; A61K31/00; A61K31/16; A61K31/195; A61K31/198; A61K31/22; A61K31/223; A61K45/06; A61P25/18; A61P25/22; A61P25/24; A61P25/28; A61P39/02; A61P43/00
Domestic Patent References:
JPH0283317A1990-03-23
Foreign References:
WO1993010228A11993-05-27
Other References:
JPN7011002210; Eugene Toth, et al.: Research Communications in Psychology, Psychiatry and Behavior 11(1), 1986, pp.1-9
JPN6011031655; Daniel C. Javitt, et al.: Am. J. Psychiatry 148, 1991, pp.1301-1308
JPN6011031656; TOSHITAKA NABESHIMA, et al.: European Journal of Pharmacology 91, 1983, pp.455-462
JPN6011031657; L. J. Bristow, et al.: Br. J. Pharmacol. 108, 1993, pp.1156-1163
JPN6011031659; RAUL ALLAN KIIVET, et al.: Br. J. Clin. Pharmacol. 40, 1995, pp.467-476
JPN6011031660; 松野敏行ら: 九州神経精神医学 40(1), 1994, pp.117-128
JPN6011031661; Francisco Zafra, et al.: The Journal of Neuroscience 15(5), 1995, pp.3952-3969
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Seiji Ohno
Koji Morita
Reiko Tanaka
Yuko Matsuniya
Ken Kitano
Natsuki Ito
Samejima Mutsumi
Kyousei Tamura
Kitahara Yasuhiro