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United States Patent | 6,610,681 |
Koppel | August 26, 2003 |
Administration of clavulanic acid and related compounds at low dosages provides significant neurotropic effects in warm-blooded vertebrates evidenced inter alia by anxiolytic and anti-aggressive behavior and enhanced cognition believed to be mediated by inhibition of neurogenic enzyme activity. Therapeutic methods for using such compounds and their pharmaceutical formulations are described.
Inventors: | Koppel; Gary A. (Indianapolis, IN) |
Assignee: |
Revaax Pharmaceuticals, LLC
(Indianapolis,
IN)
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Appl. No.: | 09/640,362 |
Filed: | August 16, 2000 |
Current U.S. Class: | 514/210.06 |
Current International Class: | A61K 45/00 (20060101); A61K 31/198 (20060101); A61K 45/06 (20060101); A61K 31/185 (20060101); A61K 31/197 (20060101); A61K 31/545 (20060101); A61K 31/546 (20060101); A61K 31/5365 (20060101); A61K 31/395 (20060101); A61K 31/424 (20060101); A61K 31/4353 (20060101); A61K 31/429 (20060101); A61K 31/43 (20060101); A61K 31/431 (20060101); A61K 31/5375 (20060101); A61K 31/5383 (20060101); A61K 031/424 () |
Field of Search: | 519/210.06 |
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