122 results about "Cognitive deficit" patented technology

The present invention provides methods of therapy of cognitive deficits associated with a central nervous system disorder or condition, methods of enhancing cognitive performance and methods for repeated stimulation of neuronal activity or a pattern of neuronal activity, such as that underlying a specific neuronal circuit(s). The methods comprise combining cognitive training protocols and a general administration of CREB pathway-enhancing agents.

Computer modeling of interactions between and among cortico and subcortical areas of the human brain, for example in a normal and a pathological state resembling schizophrenia which pathological state has inputs representing the effects of a drug(s), for the purpose of using the outputs to predict the effect of drugs in psychiatric and cognitive diseases on one or more clinical scales. Diseases that can be modeled include psychiatric disorders, such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, major depression, ADHD, autism, obsessive-compulsive disorder, substance abuse and cognitive deficits therein and neurological disorders such as Alzheimer's disease, Mild Cognitive impairment, Parkinson's disease, stroke, vascular dementia, Huntington's disease, epilepsy and Down syndrome. The computer model preferably uses the biological state of interactions between and among cortico and subcortical areas of the human brain, to define the biological processes related to the biological state of the generic synapse model, the striatum, Locus Coeruleus, Dorsal raphe, hippocampus, amygdala and cortex, as well as certain mathematical relationships related to interactions among biological variables associated with the biological processes.

The present invention comprises a new class of compounds useful for the modulation of Beta-secretase enzyme activity and for the treatment of Beta-secretase mediated diseases, including Alzheimer's disease (AD) and related conditions. In one embodiment, the compounds have a general Formula I wherein A1, A2, A3, A4, A5, A6, L, R2, R7, X, Y and Z of Formula I are defined herein. The invention also includes use of these compounds in pharmaceutical compositions for treatment, prophylactic or therapeutic, of disorders and conditions related to the activity of beta-secretase protein. Such disorders include, for example, Alzheimer's Disease, cognitive deficits, cognitive impairment, schizophrenia and other central nervous system conditions related to and / or caused by the formation and / or deposition of plaque on the brain. The invention also comprises further embodiments of Formula I, intermediates and processes useful for the preparation of compounds of Formula I.

The present invention provides a new class of compounds useful for the modulation of beta-secretase enzyme (BACE) activity. The compounds have a general Formula I, wherein variables A1, A3, A4, A5, A6, A8, R2, R7, X, Y and Z of Formula I are defined herein. The invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds, and corresponding uses of the compounds and compositions for treatment of disorders and / or conditions related to plaque formation and deposition, resulting from the activity of BACE. Such BACE mediated disorders include, for example, Alzheimer's Disease, cognitive deficits and impairments, schizophrenia and other central nervous system conditions and disorders. The invention further provides compounds of Formulas II and III, and of sub-formulas of Formulas I, II and III, intermediates and processes and methods useful for the preparation of compounds of Formulas I-III.

1,2-disubstituted heterocyclic compounds which are inhibitors of phosphodiesterase 10 are described. Also described are processes, pharmaceutical compositions, pharmaceutical preparations and pharmaceutical use of the compounds in the treatment of mammals, including human(s) for central nervous system (CNS) disorders and other disorders which may affect CNS function. Among the disorders which may be treated are neurological, neurodegenerative and psychiatric disorders including, but not limited to, those associated with cognitive deficits or schizophrenic symptoms.

The present invention provides a benzoate salt of Formula I:Formula I is also known as 4-(5-methyloxazolo[4,5-b]pyridine-2-yl)-1,4-diazabicyclo[3.2.2]nonane. The benzoate salt of the invention is useful in the treatment of schizophrenia and Alzheimer's Disease. It is particularly of use in the treatment of cognitive deficits associated with schizophrenia, cognitive and attention deficit symptoms of Alzheimer's Disease, and neurodegeneration associated with Alzheimer's Disease.

The present invention shows that levels of certain micro RNAs (mRNAs) are altered in NF1 cell lines and NF1 tumor cell lines as compared to non-NF1 controls. Methods are provided, e.g., to diagnose NF1 and NF1 tumors. Methods are also provided to treat NF1, NF1 related cancer, and cognitive deficits resulting from NF1.

A training program is configured to systematically drive neurological changes to overcome social cognitive deficits. Various games challenge the participant to observe gaze directions in facial images, match faces from different angles, reconstruct face sequence, memorize social details about sequentially presented faces, identify smiling faces, find faces whose expression matches the target, identify emotions implicitly expressed by facial expressions, match pairs of similar facial expressions, match pairs of emotion clips and emotion labels, reconstruct sequences of emotion clips, identify emotional prosodies of progressively shorter sentences, match sentences with tags that identify emotional prosodies with which they are expressed, identify social scenarios that best explain emotions expressed in video clips, answer questions about social interactions in multi-segmented stories, choose expressions and associated prosodies that best describe how a person would sound in given social scenarios, and / or understand and interpret gradually more complex social scenes.

4-Azaindole derivatives which are modulators of muscarinic acetylcholine receptor (mAChR) M1 and which may be effective for the prevention or disease modifying or symptomatic treatment of cognitive deficits associated with neurological disorders such as Alzheimer-type dementia (AD) or dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB), and a pharmaceutical composition comprising a 4-azaindole derivative as an active ingredient.

The present invention provides a new class of compounds useful for the modulation of beta-secretase enzyme (BACE) activity. The compounds have a general Formula I:wherein variables A4, A5, A6, A8, each of Ra, Rb, R1, R2, R3 and R7 of Formula I, independently, are defined herein. The invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds, and uses of the compounds and compositions for treatment of disorders and / or conditions related to A-beta plaque formation and deposition, resulting from the biological activity of BACE. Such BACE mediated disorders include, for example, Alzheimer's Disease, cognitive deficits, cognitive impairments, schizophrenia and other central nervous system conditions. The invention further provides compounds of Formulas II and III, and sub-formula embodiments thereof, intermediates and methods for preparing compounds of the invention.

The present invention comprises a new class of compounds useful for the modulation of Beta-secretase enzyme activity and for the treatment of Beta-secretase mediated diseases, including Alzheimer's disease (AD) and related conditions. In one embodiment, the compounds have a general Formula Iwherein A1, A2, A3, A4, A5, A6, T1, T2, W, X, Y and Z of Formula I are defined herein. The invention also includes use of these compounds in pharmaceutical compositions for treatment, prophylactic or therapeutic, of disorders and conditions related to the activity of beta-secretase protein. Such disorders include, for example, Alzheimer's Disease, cognitive deficits, cognitive impairment, schizophrenia and other central nervous system conditions related to and / or caused by the formation and / or deposition of plaque on the brain. The invention also comprises further embodiments of Formula I, intermediates and processes useful for the preparation of compounds of Formula I.

The invention relates to 4-amino-pyrido[3,2-e]pyrazines, to processes for preparing them, to pharmaceutical preparations which comprise these compounds and to the pharmaceutical use of these compounds, which are inhibitors of phosphodiesterase 10, as active compounds for treating diseases of mammals including a human which can be influenced by using the compounds according to the invention to inhibit phosphodiesterase 10 activity in the central nervous system. More particularly, the invention relates to the treatment of neurologic and psychiatric disorders, for example psychosis and disorders comprising cognitive deficits as symptoms.

Di-substituted phenyl compounds which are inhibitors of phosphodiesterase 10 are described as are processes, pharmaceutical compositions, pharmaceutical preparations and pharmaceutical use of the compounds in the treatment of mammals, including human(s) for central nervous system (CNS) disorders and other disorders which may affect CNS function. The disclosure also relates to methods for treating neurological, neurodegenerative and psychiatric disorders including but not limited to those comprising cognitive deficits or schizophrenic symptoms.

The present invention provides a tartrate salt of Formula (I), Formula I is also known as (7S)-7-[(5-fluoro-2-methyl-benzyl)oxy]-2-[(2R)-2-methylpiperazin-1-yl]-6,7-dihydro-5H-cyclopenta[b]pyridine. The tartrate salt is preferably crystalline. The tartrate salt of Formula I of the invention is useful in the treatment of diseases linked to activation of the 5HT2c receptor in animals including humans, for example, in the treatment of schizophrenia, cognitive deficits including cognitive deficits associated with schizophrenia, anxiety, depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder, epilepsy, obesity, sexual dysfunction, and urinary incontinence, among others.

Methods of treating certain behavioral characteristics associated with autism are provided. Additionally, methods of treating disorders associated with repetitive behaviors, social deficits and / or cognitive deficits are also provided. A therapeutic amount of oxytocin or oxytocin analogs, either alone or in combination, are administered to individuals demonstrating behavioral characteristics associated with autism or other disorders to reduce the severity of the debilitating behavior. In various aspects, characteristics such as deficit in social awareness or cognitive skills and repetitive behaviors are treated. Co-administration of oxytocin and / or oxytocin analogs with known psychopharmacologic agents is also provided. Advantageously, oxytocin and oxytocin analogs do not have deleterious effects with other drugs such that administration results in few side effects.

This invention relates to NAP-like and SAL-like peptide mimetics, polypeptides, or small molecules derived from them, and their use in the treatment of neuronal dysfunction, neurodegenerative disorders cognitive deficits, neuropsychiatric disorders, and autoimmune disease.

The disclosure provides methods of treating cognitive disorders by administering a HMG CoA reductase inhibitor. Cognitive deficits treatable with the inhibitor compound include those associated with Angelman Syndrome, Neurofibromatosis-1, certain forms of X-linked mental retardation, tuberous sclerosis, Down Syndrome, autism, and attention deficit / hyperactivity disorder.

The invention is based on the surprising discovery that as few as one episode of blast exposure increases the risk of CTE. Blast exposure is associated with chronic traumatic encephalopathy, impaired neuronal function, and persistent cognitive deficits in blast-exposed military veterans and experimental animals. Early diagnosis and assessment of risk permits physicians to prescribe treatment to reduce or slow progression of impairment before the onset of overt symptoms that become apparent decades after an initial insult or trauma to brain tissue. The invention provides methods and compositions for diagnosis and prognosis of individuals at risk of long term complications related to blast injury or concussive injury.

5- and 6-membered heterocyclic compounds which are inhibitors of phosphodiesterase 10 are described as are processes, pharmaceutical compositions, pharmaceutical preparations and pharmaceutical use of the compounds in the treatment of mammals, including human(s) for central nervous system (CNS) disorders and other disorders which may affect CNS function. Also described is the treatment of neurological, neurodegenerative and psychiatric disorders including but not limited to those comprising cognitive deficits or schizophrenic symptoms.

Vicinal substituted cyclopropyl compounds which are inhibitors of phosphodiesterase 10 are described as are processes, pharmaceutical compositions, pharmaceutical preparations and pharmaceutical use of the compounds in the treatment of mammals, including human(s) for central nervous system (CNS) disorders and other disorders which may affect CNS function, for example neurological, neurodegenerative and psychiatric disorders including, but not limited to, those comprising cognitive deficits or schizophrenic symptoms.

The invention relates to 4-amino-pyrido[3,2-e]pyrazines, to processes for preparing them, to pharmaceutical preparations which comprise these compounds and to the pharmaceutical use of these compounds, which are inhibitors of phosphodiesterase 10, as active compounds for treating diseases of mammals including a human which can be influenced by using the compounds according to the invention to inhibit phosphodiesterase 10 activity in the central nervous system. More particularly, the invention relates to the treatment of neurologic and psychiatric disorders, for example psychosis and disorders comprising cognitive deficits as symptoms.

The treatment of learning, memory, and age-related memory disorders includes administration of a nicotine antagonist. The preferred nicotine antagonists are mecamylamine, a mecamylamine analog, or a mecamylamine stereoisomer. The effective amount of the nicotine antagonist is 0.005–1.00 mg / kg / day. Alternatively, the method utilizes a partial nicotine agonist.

The present invention relates to dietary supplements, medical foods, or pharmaceutical compositions for use in the method of enhancement of cognitive function in healthy subjects and / or subjects person suffering from a cognitive deficit, comprising aqueous solution of a nutrient, wherein solution comprises a water having content of deuterium from 90 to about 135 ppm and 1H216O isotopologue up to 99.759%. In one embodiment of the invention relates to a succinate salt of choline as the nutrient.

The present invention provides methods of treating cognitive deficits associated with mental retardation. The methods comprise combining cognitive training protocols and a general administration of phosphodiesterase 4 inhibitors.

Preparations for the prevention and treatment of neurological disorders and cognitive deficits, i.e. Alzheimer's disease (AD), Parkinson's disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, mild cognitive impairment and other types of dementia, comprising a therapeutically effective amount curcumin, piperine, epigallocatechin-3-gallate (EGCG), and one of N-acetylcysteine, benfotiamine, and alpha-lipoic acid or more. This association points to some or all of the pathways that can lead to nervous system deficits, degeneration and disease.