Abstract: A drug effective for the treatment and prevention of psychiatric disorders such as schizophrenia, anxiety and related ailments thereof, depression, bipolar disorder and epilepsy. The drug antagonizes the action of group II metabotropic glutamate receptors and shows high activity in oral administration A 2-amino-bicyclo[3.1.0]hexane-2,6-dicarboxylic ester derivative represented by formula [I] [wherein R1 and R2 are identical or different, and each represents a hydrogen atom, a C1-10alkyl group or the like; X represents a hydrogen atom or a fluorine atom; Y represents —OCHR3R4 or the like (wherein R3 and R4 are identical or different, and each represents a hydrogen atom, a C1-10alkyl group or the like; and n represents integer 1 or 2)], a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof or a hydrate thereof.

Abstract: Disclosed is an aminopyrrolidine compound represented by the formula [I] or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. The compound or the salt is useful as a prophylactic/therapeutic agent for mode disorder such as depression, anxiety disorder, anorexia, cachexia, pain and drug dependence, whose action relies on the MC4 receptor antagonistic effect.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a cyclic amine compound which has a potent inhibitory effect on the binding of ?2C-adrenoceptor and is useful in preventing and treating disorders attributable to ?2C-adrenoceptor. The above-described object is solved by the following cyclic amine compound, etc., wherein X is O, S, SO, SO2 or NR2, etc.; R1 is a hydrogen atom, a cyano group, a carboxyl group, a C2-C13 alkoxycarbonyl group, a carbamoyl group, etc.; Ar1 and Ar2 are the same or different and each represent an aryl or heteroaryl group which may be substituted by 1 to 3 substituents and so on; ring B is a benzene ring may be substituted by 1 to 3 substituents and so on; n is an integer from 1 to 10; and p and q are the same or different and each represent an integer of 1 or 2.

Abstract: A radioactive halogen-labeled phenyoxyaniline derivative represented by the following formula: wherein R1 represents a group such as an alkyl group; X1, X2, X3 and X4 represent each a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an alkoxy group, an alkoxy group carrying 11C introduced thereinto or a radioactive halogen atom, provided that at least one of X1, X2, X3 and X4 represents an alkoxy group carrying 11C introduced thereinto or a radioactive halogen atom; which is a compound useful as a PBR ligand having a high affinity and a high selectivity. In in vitro measurement of PBR, a PBR ligand having a high affinity and a high selectivity is labeled with a radioactive halogen nuclear species so as to enable the measurement of PBR in vivo with the use of means including not only PET but also SPECT. Thus, a compound which is useful in early diagnosing, preventing and treating diseases such as Alzheimer type dementia can be obtained.

Abstract: Disclosed is a compound represented by the general formula: [wherein R1 represents an aryl or heterocyclic group which may be substituted or the like; X1 represents a C2-C4 alkylene group or the like; X2, X3 and X5 independently represent NH, a bond or the like; X4 represents a lower alkylene group, a bond or the like; Y1 represents a bivalent alicyclic hydrocarbon residue which may be substituted or a bivalent alicyclic amine residue which may be substituted; and Z1, Z2, Z3, Z4, Z5 and Z6 independently represent a nitrogen atom, a group represented by the formula: CH, or the like, provided that at least one of Z3, Z4, Z5 and Z6 represents a nitrogen atom] or a salt thereof, which is useful as an antibacterial agent.

Abstract: The present invention aims to provide compounds which have an inhibitory effect on the binding between S1P and its receptor Edg-1(S1P1) and which are useful for pharmaceutical purposes. A compound represented by formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof: [wherein Ar represents a monocyclic heterocyclic ring containing one or two nitrogen atoms, A represents an oxygen atom or the like, Y1, Y2 and Y3 each represent a carbon atom or a nitrogen atom, R1 represents a hydrogen atom, a C1-C6 alkyl group or the like, R2 represents a C1-C6 alkyl group, a C3-C8 cycloalkyl group or the like, R3 represents a C1-C18 alkyl group or the like, R4 represents a hydrogen atom or a C1-C6 alkyl group, and R5 represents a C1-C10 alkyl group or the like].

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an antagonist against CRF receptors which is effective as a therapeutic or prophylactic agent for diseases in which CRF is considered to be involved, such as depression, anxiety, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, Huntington's chorea, eating disorder, hypertension, gastral diseases, drug dependence, epilepsy, cerebral infarction, cerebral ischemia, cerebral edema, cephalic external wound, inflammation, immunity-related diseases, alpecia, irritable bowel syndrome, sleep disorders, epilepsy, dermatitides, schizophrenia, etc. A thienopyrimidine or thienopyridine derivative substituted with a cyclic amino group represented by the following formula [I]: has a high affinity for CRF receptors and is effective against diseases in which CRF is considered to be involved.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a model animal of Parkinson's disease comprising an ?-synuclein gene introduced therein. The present invention provides a transgenic non-human mammal or a portion thereof, wherein an ?-synuclein gene is introduced and the gene is expressed in neurons, and the number of dopamine-producing neurons in the substantial nigra is significantly decreased as compared with that of a wild-type animal.

Abstract: To provide an intimal hyperplasia inhibitor useful for prevention of restenosis after percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) or vascular stent placement or treatment of its progress. An intimal hyperplasia inhibitor containing a 3(2H)-pyridazinone compound represented by the formula (I): [wherein each of R1, R2 and R3 is independently a hydrogen atom or a C1-6 alkyl group, X is a halogen atom, cyano or a hydrogen atom, Y is a halogen atom, trifluoromethyl or a hydrogen atom, and A is a C1-8 alkylene which may be substituted with a hydroxyl group] or a pharmacologically acceptable salt thereof.

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel compounds of the formula (I) which act as MCH receptor antagonists. These compositions are useful in pharmaceutical compositions whose use includes prophylaxis or treatment of obesity, obesity related disorders, anxiety, or depression.

Abstract: A compound represented by the formula (I) below or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof has an effect of inhibiting binding between S1P and its receptor Edg-1(S1P1), and is useful as a pharmaceutical product. [where A represents a sulfur atom, an oxygen atom, a formula —SO— or a formula —SO2—; R1 represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms or the like; R2 represents an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, a cycloalkyl group having 3 to 8 carbon atoms or the like; R3 represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms; R4 represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, a phenyl group or the like; R5 represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms; and R6 represents an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, a phenyl group or a substituted phenyl group].

Abstract: A 1,3-dihydro-2H-indol-2-one derivative expressed by Formula 1 (wherein R1 is a halogen atom, a C1 to C4 alkyl group, etc., and R2 is a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, etc., or R2 is in the 6-position of the indol-2-one and R1 and R2 join together to form a C3 to C6 alkylene group, R3 is a halogen atom, a hydroxyl group, etc., and R4 is a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a C1 to C4 alkyl group, etc., or R4 is in the 3-position of the phenyl and R3 and R4 join together to form a methylenedioxy group, R5 is a hydrogen atom or a fluorine atom, R6 is an ethylamino group, a dimethylamino group, etc., R7 is a C1 to C4 alkoxy group, and R8 is a C1 to C4 alkoxy group), or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt of this derivative. This is a novel compound that has antagonistic activity against an aruginine-vasopressin V1b receptor.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an antagonist against CRF receptors which is effective as a therapeutic or prophylactic agent for diseases in which CRF is considered to be involved, such as depression, anxiety, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, Huntington's chorea, eating disorder, hypertension, gastral diseases, drug dependence, epilepsy, cerebral infarction, cerebral ischemia, cerebral edema, cephalic external wound, inflammation, immunity-related diseases, alpecia, irritable bowel syndrome, sleep disorders, dermatitides, schizophrenia, pain, etc. A thienopyrimidine or thienopyridine derivative substituted with a cyclic amino group represented by the following formula [I]: has a high affinity for CRF receptors and is effective against diseases in which CRF is considered to be involved.

Abstract: For the purpose of treatment and/or prevention of pulmonary disorders caused by the destruction of pulmonary alveoli resulting from smoking, air pollution, noxious gas, etc., there are provided, among others, a method of administering clarithromycin or a salt thereof to a mammal and a pharmaceutical composition comprising clarithromycin or a salt thereof.

Abstract: Compounds represented by formula (I) and the formula (IV) have an inhibitory activity of MMP-9 production, therefore, are useful as a medicine agent with fewer side effects than conventional MMP enzyme activity inhibitors, as a prophylactic and therapeutic drug for oncogenic angiogenesis, chronic rheumatoid arthritis, vascular intimal thickening after a percutaneous coronary transluminal angioplasty, vascular atherosclerosis, hemorrhagic apoplexy, acute myocardial infarction, chronic heart failure, aneurysm, lung cancer metastasis, adult respiratory distress syndrome, asthma, interstitial pulmonary fibrosis, chronic rhinosinusitis, bronchitis or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).

Abstract: It is intended to provide a drug which is efficacious against pathological conditions relating to arginine-vasopressin V1b receptor. More particularly speaking, it is intended to provide a drug which has a therapeutic or preventive effect on depression, anxiety, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, Huntington's chorea, eating disorders, hypertension, digestive diseases, drug addiction, epilepsy, brain infarction, brain ischemia, brain edema, head injury, inflammation, immune diseases, alopecia and so on. As the results of intensive studies, a novel 1,3-dihydro-2H-indol-2-one compound and a pyrrolidin-2-one compound fused with a heteroaromatic ring, which are highly selective antagonists of arginine-vasopressin V1b receptor, have high metabolic stabilities and show favorable brain penetration and high plasma concentrations, are found, thereby achieving the above objective.

Abstract: An imine compound represented by the formula: wherein A represents a heterocyclic group; R1, R2, an R3 each represent a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a C1-10 alkyl group optionally substituted with an aryl group(s) substituted with a halogen atom(s), a C3-10 cycloalkyl group, a C1-6 haloalkyl group, a C1-10 alkoxy group, etc.; R4 represents an optionally substituted C1-10 alkyl, C2-6 alkenyl, or aryl group; R5 represents a hydrogen atom, a C1-10 alkoxy group, a C1-6 haloalkyl group, an optionally substituted C1-10 alkyl or C2-6 alkenyl group, an optionally substituted aryl or heterocyclic group, etc.; W represents —CO—, —CO—CO—, —CO—NH—, —CS—NH—, or —SO2—, or a cannabinoid-receptor agonist comprising said imine compound as an active ingredient. The imine compound of the present invention has a cannabinoid-receptor agonist effect, and is useful as a therapeutic or prophylactic drug for pains and autoimmune diseases.

Abstract: To provide an antineutrophilia agent effective for treatment of development and progress of acute infections, collagen diseases (chronic rheumatoid arthritis, Wegener's granulomatosis and Behcet's disease), chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), chronic bronchitis, pulmonary emphysema, small airway disease, gout, Cushing's syndrome, myelofibrosis, neoplastic neutrophilia, polycythemia vera and diseases caused by administration of steroid drugs. An antineutrophilia agent containing a 3(2H)-pyridazinone compound represented by the formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof [wherein each of R1, R2 and R3 is independently a hydrogen atom or a C1-6 is alkyl group, X is a halogen atom, cyano or a hydrogen atom, Y is a halogen atom, trifluoromethyl or a hydrogen atom, and A is a C1-8 alkylene which may be substituted with a hydroxyl group].

Abstract: [PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED] An object of the present invention is to provide an antagonist against CRF receptors and/or an agonist for ? receptors which is effective as a therapeutic or prophylactic agent for diseases in which CRF is considered to be involved, such as depression, anxiety, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, Huntington's chorea, eating disorder, hypertension, gastrointestinal diseases, drug dependence, cerebral infarction, cerebral ischemia, cerebral edema, cephalic external wound, inflammation, immunity-related diseases, alopecia, irritable bowel syndrome, sleep disorders, epilepsy, dermatitides, schizophrenia, pain, etc. [SOLUTION] A pyrrolopyrimidine or pyrrolopyridine derivative substituted with a cyclic amino group represented by the following a [I] has a high affinity for CRF receptors and/or ? receptors, and is effective against diseases in which CRF is considered to be involved.

Abstract: There is provided a heteroaryl 5-thio-?-D-glucopyranoside compound of the following formula, which has an inhibitory effect on SGLT2 activity, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof or a hydrate thereof. There is also provided a pharmaceutical preparation, particularly a prophylactic or therapeutic agent for diabetes, diabetes-related diseases or diabetic complications, which comprises such a compound as an active ingredient.