NEUROTHERAPEUTIC USE OF CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITORS

摘要

Administration of inhibitors of carboxypeptidase E provides significant neurotropic effects in warm-blooded vertebrates evidenced inter alia by anxiolytic and anti-aggressive behavior and enhanced cognition. Certain beta -Lactam antibiotics, most significantly, certain 1-oxa-1-dethia cephems with blood brain barrier transport, exhibit potent therapeutic neurologic activity.