Abstract: The present invention provides novel crystalline polymorphic forms of 2-cyclohexylmethylidenehydrazino adenosine, also known as binodenoson, methods of making the same, and methods for the manufacture of a pharmaceutical composition by employing such crystal forms, in particular, for the use of binodenoson in a subject, in need thereof, as a pharmacological stress agent to produce coronary vasodilation.

Abstract: The present invention provides compounds of formula (I) wherein W, R1, R5 and R6 have a meaning as defined herein in the specification. The compounds of formula (I) are allosteric enhancers of the A1 adenosine receptor and, thus, may be employed for the treatment of conditions mediated by the A1 adenosine receptor. Accordingly, the compounds of formula (I) may be employed for treatment of pain, in particular, chronic pain such as neuropathic pain, and inflammatory pain, cardiac disease or disorder such as cardiac disarrhythmias, e.g., peroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia, angina, myocardial infarction and stroke, neurological disease or injury, sleep disorders, epilepsy and depression.

Abstract: The present invention provides compounds of formula (I) wherein R1, R2, R3, R4 and Q have a meaning as defined herein in the specification. The compounds of formula (I) are allosteric modulators of the A1 adenosine receptor and, thus, may be employed for the treatment of conditions mediated by the Al adenosine receptor. Accordingly, the compounds of formula (I) may be employed for treatment of pain, in particular, chronic pain such as neuropathic pain; cardiac disease or disorder such as cardiac disarrhythmias, e.g., peroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia, angina, myocardial infarction and stroke; neurological disease or injury; sleep disorder; epilepsy; and depression.

Abstract: The present invention provides compounds of formula (I) wherein R1, R2, R3, R4 and Q have a meaning as defined herein in the specification. The compounds of formula (I) are allosteric modulators of the A1 adenosine receptor and, thus, may be employed for the treatment of conditions mediated by the A1 adenosine receptor. Accordingly, the compounds of formula (I) may be employed for treatment of pain, in particular, chronic pain such as neuropathic pain; cardiac disease or disorder such as cardiac disarrhythmias, e.g., peroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia, angina, myocardial infarction and stroke; neurological disease or injury; sleep disorder; epilepsy; and depression.

Abstract: The present invention provides novel crystalline polymorphic forms of 2-cyclohexylmethylidenehydrazino adenosine, also known as binodenoson, methods of making the same, and methods for the manufacture of a pharmaceutical composition by employing such crystal forms, in particular, for the use of binodenoson in a subject, in need thereof, as a pharmacological stress agent to produce coronary vasodilation.

Abstract: The present invention provides novel crystal forms of 2-[2-(4-chlorophenyl)ethoxy]adenosine of the formula processes for the production of such crystal forms, and methods for the manufacture of pharmaceutical compositions for the treatment of diseases or conditions modulated by the adenosine A2 receptors, in particular the A2A receptor, in a mammal in need thereof, by employing such crystal forms. The crystal forms of the present invention are especially useful in the preparation of topical compositions for accelerating wound healing, e.g., for the treatment of diabetic foot ulcers.

Abstract: The present invention provides compounds of formula (I) wherein R1, R2, R3, R4 and Q have a meaning as defined herein in the specification. The compounds of formula (I) are allosteric modulators of the A1 adenosine receptor and, thus, may be employed for the treatment of conditions mediated by the A1 adenosine receptor. Accordingly, the compounds of formula (I) may be employed for treatment of pain, in particular, chronic pain such as neuropathic pain; cardiac disease or disorder such as cardiac disarrhythmias, e.g., peroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia, angina, myocardial infarction and stroke; neurological disease or injury; sleep disorder; epilepsy; and depression.

Abstract: The present invention provides compounds of the formula wherein R1 and R2 have meaning as defined herein in the specification. The compounds of formula (I) are adenosine A2A receptor antagonists and, thus, may be employed for the treatment of conditions and diseases mediated by the adenosine A2A receptor activity. Such conditions include, but are not limited to, diseases of the central nervous system such as depression, cognitive function diseases and neurodegenerative diseases such as Parkinson's disease, senile dementia as in Alzheimer's disease or psychoses and stroke. The compounds of the present invention may also be employed for the treatment of attention related disorders such as attention deficit disorder (ADD) and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), extra pyramidal syndrome, e.g.

Abstract: The present invention provides compounds of the formula wherein R1 and R2 have meaning as defined herein in the specification. The compounds of formula (I) are adenosine A2A receptor antagonists and, thus, may be employed for the treatment of conditions and diseases mediated by the adenosine A2A receptor activity. Such conditions include, but are not limited to, diseases of the central nervous system such as depression, cognitive function diseases and neurodegenerative diseases such as Parkinson's disease, senile dementia as in Alzheimer's disease or psychoses and stroke. The compounds of the present invention may also be employed for the treatment of attention related disorders such as attention deficit disorder (ADD) and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), extra pyramidal syndrome, e.g.

Abstract: The present invention provides compounds of the formula wherein R1, R2, R3 and n have meaning as described in the specification, methods for their preparation, and pharmaceutical compositions containing them. The compounds of formula (I) are adenosine A2B receptor agonists and, thus, may be employed for the treatment of diseases in mammals that are mediated by the A2B receptor including, but not limited to, septic shock, cystic fibrosis, impotence, diarrhea, and cardiac diseases. Cardiac diseases include hyperplasia consequent to hypertension, arteriosclerosis, and heart attack. The present invention also provides methods for the induction of pharmacological stress to facilitate coronary imaging of areas of ischemia by employing compounds of formula (I). The compounds of formula (I) may be labeled, e.g., with radioactive isotopes, and therefore are useful in kinetic binding experiments.

Abstract: The present invention provides compounds of formula (I) wherein W, R1, R5 and R6 have a meaning as defined herein in the specification. The compounds of formula (I) are allosteric enhancers of the A1 adenosine receptor and, thus, may be employed for the treatment of conditions mediated by the A1 adenosine receptor. Accordingly, the compounds of formula (I) may be employed for treatment of pain, in particular, chronic pain such as neuropathic pain, and inflammatory pain, cardiac disease or disorder such as cardiac disarrhythmias, e.g., peroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia, angina, myocardial infarction and stroke, neurological disease or injury, sleep disorders, epilepsy and depression.

Abstract: The present invention provides compounds of the formula wherein Ar, R and R1 have a meaning as defined herein in the specification. Compounds of formula (I) are agonists of the A3 adenosine receptor and, thus, may be employed for the treatment of conditions mediated by the A3 adenosine receptor. Accordingly, the compounds of formula (I) may be employed for treatment of behavioral depression, cerebral ischemia, hypotension, chemically induced seizures, inflammatory diseases, asthma, and cancer diseases expressing the adenosine A3 receptor.

Abstract: The compounds of the following formula: wherein Ar, R and R1 have the meanings given in the specification. This series of sulfonamido derivatives with a conserved uronamide group at the 5? position provide superior A3 receptor affinity as well as selectivity. These new adenosine agonists are sulfonamido derivatives N-substituted with aliphatic groups (cyclic or linear) or aromatic radicals.

Abstract: The present invention provides crystal forms of (2-amino-4,5,6,7-tetrahydrobenzo[b]thiophen-3-yl)(4-chlorophenyl)methanone of the formula processes for the production of such crystal forms; pharmaceutical compositions comprising such crystal forms; and methods of treating diseases or conditions modulated by the adenosine A1 receptor, in particular neuropathic pain, in a mammal in need thereof, by employing such crystal forms, or pharmaceutical compositions comprising such.

Abstract: New fused thiophene compounds are provided and methods of using those compounds for a variety of therapeutic indications. Compounds of the invention are particularly useful for treatment of neuropathic pain.

Abstract: The present invention provides compounds of the formula wherein R1 and R2 have meaning as defined herein in the specification. The compounds of formula (I) are adenosine A2A receptor antagonists and, thus, may be employed for the treatment of conditions and diseases mediated by the adenosine A2A receptor activity. Such conditions include, but are not limited to, diseases of the central nervous system such as depression, cognitive function diseases and neurodegenerative diseases such as Parkinson's disease, senile dementia as in Alzheimer's disease or psychoses and stroke. The compounds of the present invention may also be employed for the treatment of attention related disorders such as attention deficit disorder (ADD) and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), extra pyramidal syndrome, e.g.

Abstract: The present invention provides compounds of the formula wherein R1 and R2 have meaning as defined herein in the specification. The compounds of formula (I) are adenosine A2A receptor antagonists and, thus, may be employed for the treatment of conditions and diseases mediated by the adenosine A2A receptor activity. Such conditions include, but are not limited to, diseases of the central nervous system such as depression, cognitive function diseases and neurodegenerative diseases such as Parkinson's disease, senile dementia as in Alzheimer's disease or psychoses and stroke. The compounds of the present invention may also be employed for the treatment of attention related disorders such as attention deficit disorder (ADD) and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), extra pyramidal syndrome, e.g.

Abstract: The present invention provides compounds of formula (I) wherein R1, R2, R3, R4 and Q have a meaning as defined herein in the specification. The compounds of formula (I) are allosteric modulators of the A1 adenosine receptor and, thus, may be employed for the treatment of conditions mediated by the A1 adenosine receptor. Accordingly, the compounds of formula (I) may be employed for treatment of pain, in particular, chronic pain such as neuropathic pain; cardiac disease or disorder such as cardiac disarrhythmias, e.g., peroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia, angina, myocardial infarction and stroke; neurological disease or injury; sleep disorder; epilepsy; and depression.

Abstract: The present invention provides compounds of formula (I) wherein R1, R2, R3, R4 and Q have a meaning as defined herein in the specification. The compounds of formula (I) are allosteric modulators of the A1 adenosine receptor and, thus, may be employed for the treatment of conditions mediated by the A1 adenosine receptor. Accordingly, the compounds of formula (I) may be employed for treatment of pain, in particular, chronic pain such as neuropathic pain; cardiac disease or disorder such as cardiac disarrhythmias, e.g., peroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia, angina, myocardial infarction and stroke; neurological disease or injury; sleep disorder; epilepsy; and depression.

Abstract: Provided is a method for the synthesis of an aralkyloxyadenosine or an alkoxyadenosine. The method includes protecting the hydroxyl sugar groups with a protecting group to produce a protected halogenated adenosine. The protected halogenated adenosine is alkoxylated, and the hydroxyl sugar groups of the protected halogenated adenosine are deprotected to provide the aralkyloxyadenosine or alkoxyadenosine.