POTASSIUM CHANNEL ACTIVATORS AND USE THEREOF IN THERAPY

摘要

A method of treatment and/or prophylaxis of anxiety, mania, depression, the effects associated with withdrawal from substances of abuse such as cocaine, nicotine, alcohol and benzodiazepines; disorders treatable and/or preventable with anti-convulsive agents, such as epilepsy; and in the treatment or prevention of cerebral ischaemia, disorders resulting from sub-arrachnoid haemorrhage, Parkinson's disease, migraine and/or psychosis, comprising administering to the sufferer in need thereof an effective or prophylactic amount of a potassium channel activator.