Abstract: Disclosed are compounds of the formula: 1

Abstract: Disclosed are compounds of the formula: or the pharmaceutically acceptable non-toxic salts thereof wherein A, B, C, D, Y, R1, R3, R4, R5, and R6 are variables defined herein, which compounds are modulators of Bradykinin B2 receptors. These compounds are useful in the diagnosis and treatment of renal diseases, heart failure, hypertension, Meniere's disease, vaginal inflammation and pain, peripheral circulatory disorders, climacteric disturbance, retinochoroidal circulatory disorders, myocardial ischemia, myocardial infarction, postmyocardial infarction syndrome, angina pectoris, restenosis after percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty, hepatitis, liver cirrhosis, pancreatitis, ileus, diabetes, diabetic complications, male infertility, glaucoma, pain, asthma, and rhinitis and for the increase of permeability of the blood-brain barrier or the blood-brain-tumor barrier.

Abstract: Disclosed are compounds of the Formula where R1, R2, R3, R4, X, Y1, and Y2 are defined herein. These compounds bind with high affinity to NK-3 receptors and/or GABAA receptors. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds, and methods of treating patients suffering from various central nervous system and peripheral diseases or disorders with these pharmaceutical compositions. This invention also relates to the use of such compounds in combination with one or more other CNS agents to potentiate the effects of the other CNS agents. The compounds of this invention are also useful as probes for the localization of NK-3 receptors and GABAA receptors.

Abstract: Disclosed are compounds of the formula: 1

Abstract: Disclosed are compounds of formula (I), wherein Ar represents an aryl or heteroaryl group; and R1, R2, R3, R4 and R5 represent organic or inorganic substituents, which compounds are highly selective partial agonists or antagonists at human CRF1 receptors and, thus, are useful in the diagnosis and treatment of treating stress related disorders such as post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) as well as depression, headache and anxiety.

Abstract: Disclosed are compounds of the formula: 1

Abstract: Disclosed are compounds of the formula: or the pharmaceutically acceptable non-toxic salts thereof wherein the A, B, C, D, X, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, and R6, are variables defined herein, which compounds are highly selective agonists, antagonists or inverse agonists for GABAa brain receptors or prodrugs of agonists, antagonists or inverse agonists for GABAa brain receptors, and are therefore useful in the diagnosis and treatment of anxiety, Down Syndrome, sleep, cognitive and seizure disorders, depression, overdose with benzodiazepine drugs, and enhancement of memory and alertness.

Abstract: Disclosed are compounds of the formula: or pharmaceutically acceptable salts or pharmaceutically acceptable solvates thereof, wherein R1, R2, R3, X, Q1 and Q2 are defined herein, which compounds are ligands for neurokinin receptors, in particular NK-3 receptors, and are therefor useful in the treatment of a wide range of diseases or disorders including, but not limited to depression, anxiety, psychosis, obesity, pain, Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease, neurodegenerative diseases, movement disorders, respiratory diseases, inflammatory diseases, neuropathy, immune disorders, migraine, biliary disfunction, and dermatitis.

Abstract: Disclosed are compounds of the formula: or the pharmaceutically acceptable non-toxic salts thereof wherein: A, B, C and D are N or CH; X is a bond or (un)substituted CH2; R1 is lower alkenyl or (un)substituted lower alkyl; R3 is lower alkyl; and R2, R4, R5, and R6 are variables defined herein; which compounds are useful in the diagnosis and treatment of renal diseases, heart failure, hypertension, Meniere's disease, vaginal inflammation and pain, peripheral circulatory disorders, climacteric disturbance, retinochoroidal circulatroy disorders, myocardial ischemia, myocardial infarction, postmyocardial infarction syndrome, angina pectoris, restenosis after percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty, hepatitis, liver cirrhosis, pancreatitis, ileus, diabetes, diabetic complications, male infertility or glaucoma, or for the increase of permeability of blood-brain barrier, pain, asthma, and rhinitis.

Abstract: Disclosed are compounds of the formula: wherein Ar is optionally substituted aryl or heteroaryl R1 is hydrogen or alkyl; R7 is hydrogen or alkyl; R2 is hydrogen, halogen, alkyl or alkoxy; or R1 and R2 taken together with the ring to which they are attached form a 5-9 membered saturated or aromatic ring optionally having a hetero atom selected from oxygen, sulfur or nitrogen; R3 and R4 are independently hydrogen, alkyl, cycloalkyl, aryl or heteroaryl groups; or R3 and R4 together with the nitrogen atom to which they are attached form a 5-8 membered ring; and R5 is hydrogen, halogen, straight or branched chain lower alkyl having 1-6 carbon atoms, or straight or branched chain lower alkoxy or thioalkoxy having 1-6 carbon atoms, which compounds are highly selective partial agonists or antagonists at human Corticotropin-Releasing Factor 1 (CRF1) receptors and are useful in the diagnosis and treatment of treating stress related disorders such as post trumatic stress disorder (PTSD) as wel

Abstract: Disclosed are compounds of the formula or the pharmaceutically acceptable non-toxic salts thereof wherein: W represents substituted or unsubstituted aryl or heteroaryl; T is hydrogen, halogen, hydroxyl, amino or alkyl; X is hydrogen, hydroxy, or lower alkyl; m is 0, 1, or 2; n is 0, 1, or 2; and R3 and R4 represent substituted or unsubstituted organic residues. These compounds are highly selective agonists, antagonists or inverse agonists for GABAa brain receptors or prodrugs of agonists, antagonists or inverse agonists for GABAa brain receptors. These compounds are useful in the diagnosis and treatment of anxiety, sleep and seizure disorders, overdose with benzodiazepine drugs and for enhancement of memory.

Abstract: Disclosed are compounds of the formula: 1

Abstract: This invention encompasses compounds of the formula where X1, X2, and X3, independently represent substituents of formula  and the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof wherein the remaining variables are as defined herein and wherein said compounds are useful in the diagnosis and treatment of feeding disorders such as obesity and bulimia and cardiovascular diseases such as essential hypertension and congestive heart failure due to the binding of these compounds to human Neuropeptide Y1 receptors.

Abstract: Disclosed are compounds of the formula: 1

Abstract: Disclosed are compounds of compounds of the formula: or the pharmaceutically acceptable nontoxic salts thereof wherein: X is oxygen, H2 or sulfur Y is hydrogen, or optionally substituted alkyl, alkenyl, (substituted)arylalkyl, aryl or heteroaryl, or a carbonyl group substituted with alkyl, cycloalkyl, aryl, or amino groups; W is alkyl, arylalkyl or heteroarylalkyl, where each aryl group is optionally substituted with up to two groups; or W is aryl, thienyl, pyridyl or heteroaryl, each of which is optionally substituted; and Z1, Z2, Z3, and Z4 independently represent nitrogen or C—R1 where R1 is hydrogen, halogen, hydroxy, amino, or phenyl or pyridyl optionally mono- or independently disubstituted with halogen, hydroxy, lower alkyl, or lower alkoxy, which compounds are highly selective agonists, antagonists or inverse agonists for GABAa brain receptors or prodrugs of agonists or inverse agonists for GABAa brain receptors.

Abstract: Disclosed are compounds of the formula 1

Abstract: Disclosed are compounds of the forumla: or the pharmaceutically acceptable non-toxic salts thereof wherein; A is N or CH; R1 and R2 represents hydrogen or lower alkyl; G, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7 and R8 are variables defined herein. These compounds are modulators of CRF receptors and are therefore useful for treating affective disorders, anxiety, depression, eating disorders, and stress disorders in humans and other animals. Methods of treatment of such disorders and well as packaged pharmaceutical compositions are also provided. Compounds of the invention are also useful as probes for the localization of CRF receptors and as standards in assays for CRF receptor binding. Methods of using the compounds in receptor localization studies are given.

Abstract: The invention relates to deazapurine compounds of the formula wherein Ar, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, X are as defined herein; these compounds selectively bind to CRF receptors and are useful in the treatment of stress related disorders.

Abstract: Disclosed are compounds of the formula: or the pharmaceutically acceptable non-toxic salts thereof wherein X, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, A, B, C, and D are variables defined herein. Such compounds useful in treatment of obesity and diabetes. The invention also provides labeled probes for the localization of cellular receptors that are involved in the modulation of blood glucose levels.

Abstract: Disclosed are compounds of the formula: or the pharmaceutically acceptable non-toxic salts thereof wherein: G, X, T, n, and R3-R6 are as defined herein, which compounds are highly selective agonists, antagonists or inverse agonists for GABAa brain receptors or prodrugs of agonists, antagonists or inverse agonists for GABAa brain receptors. These compounds are useful in the diagnosis and treatment of anxiety, sleep and seizure disorders, overdose with benzodiazepine drugs and for enhancement of memory.