Patents Assigned to DEPARTMENT OF VETERAN'S AFFAIRS, UNITED STATES
  • COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR MODULATING THE ACID-SENSING ION CHANNEL (ASIC)
    Publication number: 20120015396
    Abstract: Novel compositions for modulating acid-sensing ion channels (ASIC) function comprising ASIC?, ASIC?, and BNC1 and derivatives thereof; methods for modulating ASIC function and methods for treating cognitive disorders and for memory enhancement using the novel compositions of the invention; and a method for increasing synaptic plasticity are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2011
    Publication date: January 19, 2012
    Applicants: Department of Veteran's Affair, United States Technology Transfer Program, UNIVERSITY OF IOWA RESEARCH FOUNDATION
    Inventors: MICHAEL J. WELSH, JOHN A. WEMMIE
  • NOVEL COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR MODULATING THE ACID-SENSING ION CHANNEL (ASIC)
    Publication number: 20070087964
    Abstract: Novel compositions for modulating acid-sensing ion channels (ASIC) function comprising ASIC?, ASIC?, and BNC1 and derivatives thereof; methods for modulating ASIC function and methods for treating cognitive disorders and for memory enhancement using the novel compositions of the invention; and a method for increasing synaptic plasticity are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2006
    Publication date: April 19, 2007
    Applicants: UNIVERSITY OF IOWA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, DEPARTMENT OF VETERAN'S AFFAIRS, UNITED STATES
    Inventors: MICHAEL WELSH, JOHN WEMMIE