USE OF KCNQ-OPENERS FOR THREATING OR REDUCING THE SYMPTOMS OF SCHIZOPHRENIA

摘要

196 USE OF KCNQ-OPENERS FOR THREATING OR REDUCING THE SYMPTOMS OF SCHIZOPHRENIA ABSTRACT 5 THE INVENTION RELATES TO A NOVEL METHOD FOR TREATING OR REDUCING THE SYM TOMS OF . P SCHIZOPHRENIA. SAID METHOD COMPRISING ADMINISTERING TO A HOST IN NEED THEREOF AN EFFECTIVE AMOUNT OF A COMPOUND ABLE TO SELECTIVELY INCREASE THE ION FLOW THROUGH KCNQ POTASSIUM CHANNELS. FURTHERMORE THE INVENTION RELATES TO THE INE OF SELECTIVE 1 0 KCNQ POTASSIUM CHANNEL OPENERS FOR THE PREPARATION OF A PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION FOR TREATING OR REDUCING THE SYMTOMS OF SCHIZOPHRENIA AND RELATED SVM TOMS. DISORDERS AND DISEASES. FURTHERMORE THE INVENTION RELATES TO A METHOD OF @ P SCREENING FOR A COMPOUND, WHICH IS A SELECTIVE KCNQ POTASSIUM CHANNEL OPENER AND WHICH IS CAPABLE OF HAVING AN ANTI-PSYCHOTIC POTENTIAL.