SELECTIVE ANXIOLYTIC THERAPEUTIC AGENTS
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    发明公开
    SELECTIVE ANXIOLYTIC THERAPEUTIC AGENTS 审中-公开
    选择性抗焦虑药

    公开(公告)号:EP1337859A1

    公开(公告)日:2003-08-27

    申请号:EP01972393.1

    申请日:2001-10-05

    IPC分类号: G01N33/94 A61K31/00

    摘要: The present invention relates to selective anxiolytic therapeutic agents which allow for the treatment of anxiety-related disorders with less severe side-effects, such as sedative and amnesic effects, and in particular, dependence liability. These selective agents selectively or preferentially bind the α2-GABAA receptor, as compared to the α1-GABAA receptor. Alternatively, these selective agents selectively or preferentially activate the α2-GABAA receptor, as compared to the α1-GABAA receptor. The present invention also relates to methods for identifying such selective anxiolytic therapeutic agents. The present invention also relates to methods for identifying a molecule that decreases binding of a benzodiazepine to the α1-GABAA receptor, but not substantially to the α2-GABAA receptor.