Drug – bio-affecting and body treating compositions – Designated organic active ingredient containing – Cyclopentanohydrophenanthrene ring system doai
Patent
1993-01-21
1994-11-22
Cintins, Marianne M.
Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions
Designated organic active ingredient containing
Cyclopentanohydrophenanthrene ring system doai
514179, 514182, A61K 3156
Patent
active
053669681
ABSTRACT:
The subject application discloses methods for modulating NMDA-mediated ion transport, and inhibiting non-NMDA glutamate-induced ion transport, in neuronal cells. The methods involve contacting a neuronal cell with an effective amount of the neurosteroid pregnenolone sulfate, or pharmacologically effective derivatives thereof.
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Cintins Marianne M.
Jordan Kimberly R.
Trustees of Boston University
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