GENE THERAPY METHOD USING GAD2 GENE FOR TREATMENT OF EATING DISORDERS SUCH AS ANOREXIA

摘要

The present invention regards methods and formulations for treatment of neurological and behavioural disorders eating disorders. More particularly, the present invention is applied to increase appetite in anorexic individuals or individuals with other eating disorders where an increase in appetite may be therapeutic. In the present invention, the GAD2 gene is inserted with a strong promoter, such as in an adenoassociated virus, and this is in turn administered into the paraventricular nucleus and other areas of the hypothalamus of anorexic individuals.