BENZIMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVES AND THEIR USE FOR MODULATING THE GABAA RECEPTOR COMPLEX

摘要

The present application discloses novel benzimidazole derivatives of general formula (I) or an N-oxide thereof, any of its stereoisomers or any mixture of its stereoisomers, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein Ra, Rb, and Rc independent of each other represents hydrogen or a|kyl, and Rd represents a phenyl group, which phenyl group is optionally substituted with one or more substituents independently selected from the group consisting of: halo, trifluoromethyl, trifluoromethoxy, cyano, nitro, alkyl, hydroxy, hydroxyalkyl and alkoxy, and their use as modulators of the GABAA receptor complex. In other aspects the application discloses the use of these compounds, in a method for therapy and to pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds.