Abstract: Novel 2,3,4-benzothiadiazepines-2,2-dioxides and processes for the preparation thereof are disclosed. The compounds influence the central nervous system and may be used to treat or prevent Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease or Huntington's disease, senile dementia not of the Alzheimer's type, vascular dementia, post-stroke dementia, Korsakoff's syndrome, Down's syndrome, schizophrenia, panic disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder, anxiety or depression.

Abstract: The compounds of the general Formula I, wherein R1 stands for hydrogen or lower alkyl; one of symbols X and Y stands for hydrogen or halogen and the other represents a group of the general Formula II, R2 is hydrogen or lower alkyl; n is 1, 2 or 3; R3 is hydrogen, lower alkyl or aryl-lower alkyl; Z is -0-; or R3 and Z together with the intermediate atoms form piperazino ring; Q and W independently from each other stands for —CH? or —N?; and R4, R5 and R6 can be the same or different and stand for hydrogen, halogen, trifluoromethyl or lower alkoxy; or R4 and R5 together form an ethylenedioxy group) and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof can be used for the treatment or prophylaxis of malfunctions of memory and/or cognitive decline or prevention of decline of learning abilities.