Neuropharmacological treatment of sleep-related breathing disorders
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1. A method of preventing or ameliorating sleep-related breathing disorder the method comprising administering to a patient in need thereof an effective amount of a glutamate receptor antagonist wherein the effects of the antagonist are exerted only in the central nervous system.
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Abstract
The present invention relates generally to pharmacological methods for the prevention or amelioration of sleep-related breathing disorders via administration of agents or combinations of agents that possess glutamate-related and/or glycine-related pharmacological activity or that modulate the release of glutamate, glycine, or both from nerve terminals with the central nervous system.
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- 1. A method of preventing or ameliorating sleep-related breathing disorder the method comprising administering to a patient in need thereof an effective amount of a glutamate receptor antagonist wherein the effects of the antagonist are exerted only in the central nervous system.
- 4. A method of preventing or ameliorating sleep-related breathing disorder the method comprising administering to a patient in need thereof an effective amount of a glycine receptor antagonist wherein the effects of the antagonist are exerted only in the central nervous system.
- 7. A method of preventing or ameliorating sleep-related breathing disorders the method comprising administering to a patient in need thereof an effective amount of an agent or combination of agents having both glutamate receptor antagonistic activity and glycine antagonistic activity within the central nervous system.
- 9. A method of preventing or ameliorating sleep-related breathing disorders the method comprising administering to a patient in need thereof an effective amount of an agent or combination of agents that inhibit the release of glutamate from nerve terminals within the central nervous system.
- 11. A method of preventing or ameliorating sleep-related breathing disorders the method comprising administering to a patient in need thereof an effective amount of an agent or combination of agents that inhibit the release of glycine from nerve terminals within the central nervous system.
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13. A method of preventing or ameliorating sleep-related breathing disorders the method comprising administering to a patient in need thereof an effective amount of an agent or combination of agents having the ability to prevent the release of both glutamate and glycine activity within the central nervous system.
- 15. A method of preventing or ameliorating sleep-related breathing disorders the method comprising administering to a patient in need thereof an effective amount of an agent or combination of agents having agonistic activity at presynaptic inhibitory receptors located on glutamergic and/or glycinergic nerve terminals within the central nervous system.
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