CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INJURY TREATMENT WITH OPIATE- RECEPTOR ANTAGONISTS

摘要

The present invention involves compositions and the use thereof for inducing opiate-receptor antagonistic activity in a patient suffering from ischemic or traumatic central nervous system injury by administering to said patient an effective amount of an opiate-receptor antagonist having enhanced activity at the kappa-opiate receptor suitable to permit the induction of opiate-receptor antagonistic activity.