Method of inducing neuronal production in the brain and spinal cord
Patent Number: 7037493
Date of First Priority Issue: Wednesday January 5th, 2000
Date Issued: Sunday February 5th, 2006
Assignee: Cornell Research Foundation, Inc. (Ithaca, NY)
Inventors: Goldman, Steven A. (South Salem, NY); Benraiss, Abdellatif (Astoria, NY)
From Class: Expansion
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This patent has 2 independent claims. The first covers a method of addition of medium spiny neurons in an adult brain through local lateral wall administration of a nucleotide expressing BDNF, as well as noggin. The second independent claim covers generation of medium spiny neurons in a patient with Huntington's disease. Medium spiny neurons are inhibitory neurons that comprise about 75% of the neurons within the corpus striatum of the basal ganglia. They are important in movements of the muscles, limbs and eyes.
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