TREATMENT OF COMPULSIVE BEHAVIOURS IN MAN AND ANIMALS

摘要

NMDA receptor antagonists can be used in methods of treatment, for reducing the frequency of stereotypic behaviors in animals and for reducing the frequency of analogous compulsive behaviours in humans, for example, those that have been said to be a manifestation of, or related to, obsessive-compulsive disorder. Of particular interest are the (+) enantiomers of opioid receptor binding compounds, which can reduce the frequency of the behaviours, while having no effects from binding at the opioid receptor.