DEVICES AND METHODS OF TREATING METHAMPHETAMINE ADDICTION AND MEDICAL AND BEHAVIORAL CONSEQUENCES OF METHAMPHETAMINE USE AND OF HIV INFECTION

摘要

A method of treating a condition of in a human patient comprising pharmacologically activating a translocator protein of 18 kDa (TSPO), wherein the condition is one of a chronic methamphetamine addiction, a medical consequence of methamphetamine use; a behavioral consequence of methamphetamine use, an HIV associated cognitive motor disorder, an HIV-associated neurodegenerative disorder, and a neuroinflammatory response.