Abstract: The invention provides new methods for treating certain disorders resulting from neurodegeneration and for treating depression which comprise administration of NR2B subunit selective NMDA antagonists. The disorders that can be treating by the invention include hearing loss, vision loss, neurodegeneration caused by epileptic seizures, neurotoxin poisoning, Restless Leg Syndrome, multi-system atrophy, non-vascular headache, and depression.

Abstract: This invention provides a method of inhibiting in a mammal neurological damage resulting from impairment of glucose and/or oxygen supply to the brain, which method comprises administering to the mammal prior to the impairment of glucose and/or oxygen supply to the brain an amount of an NR2B subunit selective NMDA antagonist, which amount is effective in inhibiting neurological damage. This invention also provides a method of preventing primary hyperalgesia, secondary hyperalgesia, primary allodynia, secondary allodynia, or other pain caused by central sensitization, in a mammal, which method comprises administering to the mammal, prior to affliction with said pain, an amount of an NR2B subunit selective NMDA antagonist, which amount is effective in preventing said pain.

Abstract: This invention relates to methods of treating traumatic brain injury (TBI) or hypoxic or ischemic stroke, comprising administering to a patient in need of such treatment an NR2B subtype selective N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor antagonist in combination with either: (a) a neutrophil inhibitory factor (NIF); (b) a sodium channel antagonist; (c) a nitric oxide synthase (NOS) inhibitor; (d) a glycine site antagonist; (e) a potassium channel opener; (f) an AMPA/kainate receptor antagonist; (g) a calcium channel antagonist; (h) a GABA-A receptor modulator (e.g., a GABA-A receptor agonist); or (i) an antiinflammatory agent.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method of treating dyskinesias associated with dopamine agonist therapy in a mammal which comprises administering to said mammal an effective amount of an antagonist of the AMPA receptor. Dopamine agonist therapy, as referred to in the present invention, is generally used in the treatment of a central nervous system disorder such as Parkinson's disease.

Abstract: This invention relates to a method of treating acute, chronic and/or neuropathic pain in which a mammal suffering from acute, chronic and/or neuropathic pain is treated with an effective amount of an NR2B selective NMDA antagonist having a ratio of NR2B receptor activity to &agr;1-adrenergic receptor activity of at least about 3:1.

Abstract: This invention relates to a method of treating Parkinson's Disease whereby a mammal suffering from Parkinson's Disease is treated with a combination of a forebrain selective NMDA antagonist and a compound which is capable of increasing the excitatory feedback from the ventral lateral nucleus of the thalamus into the cortex. This invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions containing the synergistic combination.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method of treating dyskinesias associated with dopamine agonist therapy in a mammal which comprises administering to said mammal a compound, as defined herein, which is an antagonist of the AMPA receptor. Dopamine agonist therapy, as referred to in the present invention, is generally used in the treatment of a central nervous system disorder such as Parkinson's disease.