Abstract: 1-[4-(5-cyanoindol-3-yl)butyl]-4-(2-carbamoyl-benzofuran-5-yl)-piperazine or a physiologically acceptable salt thereof is used for the manufacture of a medicament for the treatment of sub-type anxiety disorders chosen from the sub-types panic disorder with or without agoraphobia, agoraphobia obsessive-compulsive spectrum disorders, social phobia, posttraumatic stress disorder, acute stress indication or generalized-anxiety disorder, bipolar disorders, mania, dementia substance-related disorders, sexual dysfunctions, eating disorders, obesity, anorexia and fibromyalgia. A preferred salt is 1-[4-(5-cyanoindol-3-yl)butyl]-4-(2-carbamoyl-benzofuran-5-yl)-piperazine hydrochloride.

Abstract: Substituted indoles of the formula (I) and physiologically acceptable derivatives and salts thereof, in which R1, D, E, R12, p, X1, E, G, X2 and Z are as defined in claim 1, exhibit particular actions on the central nervous system, especially 5HT reuptake-inhibiting and 5 HTx-agonistic and/or -antagonistic actions and in particular serotonin-agonistic and -antagonistic properties and can be employed as antipsychotics, neuroleptics, antidepressants, anxiolytics and/or antihypertonics.

Abstract: Compounds of formula I in which R has a meaning as indicated in claim 1, or one of their optical isomers or pharmaceutically acceptable salts, used for the treatment of extrapyramidal movement disorders and/or adverse effects in extrapyramidal movement disorders and/or for the treatment of extrapyramidal symptoms (EPS) induced by neuroleptics.

Abstract: Substituted indoles of the formula (I) and physiologically acceptable derivatives and salts thereof, in which R1, D, E, R12, p, X1, E, G, X2 and Z are as defined in claim 1, exhibit particular actions on the central nervous system, especially 5HT reuptake-inhibiting and 5 HTx-agonistic and/or -antagonistic actions and in particular serotonin-agonistic and -antagonistic properties and can be employed as antipsychotics, neuroleptics, antidepressants, anxiolytics and/or antihypertonics. They can furthermore be employed as excitatory amino acid antagonists for combating neurodegenerative diseases, including cerebrovascular diseases, epilepsy, schizophrenia, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, Huntington's disease, cerebral ischaemia, infarction or psychoses.

Abstract: The invention relates to indol derivatives of Formula (I) in which R1, R2, R3, X, A, n, m and p have the meanings indicated above.

Abstract: Novel indole derivatives of the formula (I), in which X, Y, R1, R1?, m and n have the meanings indicated in Patent Claim 1, have a strong affinity to the 5-HT1A and in some cases to the 5-HT1D receptors.

Abstract: Novel benzofuranoxyethylamines of the formula (I), in which R1, R2, R3, R4, m and n have the meanings indicated in Patent Claim (1), which have a strong affinity to the 5 HT1A receptors and/or 5HT1D receptors. The compounds inhibit serotonin reuptake, exhibit serotonin-agonistic and -antagonistic properties and are suitable as antidepressants, anxiolytics, antipsychotics, neuroleptics and/or antihypertonics.

Abstract: The invention relates to new crystalline modifications of the hydrochloride of 1-[4-(5-cyanoindol-3-yl)butyl]-4-(2-carbamoyl-benzofuran-5-yl)-piperazine, crystalline modification of the dihydrochloride of 1-[4-(5-cyanoindol-3-yl)butyl]-4-(2-carbamoyl-benzofuran-5-yl)-piperazine and amorphous 1-[4-(5-cyanoindol-3-yl)butyl]4-(2-carbamoyl-benzofuran-5-yl)-piperazine hydrochloride which are suitable in particular for the preparation of solid medicaments for the treatment or prevention of depressive disorders, anxiety disorders, bipolar disorders, mania, dementia, substance-related disorders, sexual dysfunctions, eating disorders, obesity, fibromyalgia, sleeping disorders, psychiatric disorders, cerebral infarct, tension, for the therapy of side-effects in the treatment of hypogonadism, secondary amenorrhea, premenstrual syndrome and undesired puerperal lactation.

Abstract: 1-[4-(5-cyanoindol-3-yl)butyl]-4-(2-carbamoyl-benzofuran-5-yl)-piperazine or a physiologically acceptable salt thereof is used for the manufacture of a medicament for the treatment of sub-type anxiety disorders chosen from the sub-types panic disorder with or without agoraphobia, agoraphobia obsessive-compulsive spectrum disorders, social phobia, posttraumatic stress disorder, acute stress indication or generalized-anxiety disorder, bipolar disorders, mania, dementia substance-related disorders, sexual dysfunctions, eating disorders, obesity, anorexia and fibromyalgia. A preferred salt is 1-[4-(5-cyanoindol-3-yl)butyl]-4-(2-carbamoyl-benzofuran-5-yl)-piperazine hydrochloride.

Abstract: 1-[4-(5-cyanoindol-3-yl)butyl]-4-(2-carbamoyl-benzofuran-5-yl)-piperazine or a physiologically acceptable salt thereof, for the treatment of sub-type anxiety disorders chosen from the sub-types: panic disorder with or without agoraphobia, agoraphobia, obsessive-compulsive spectrum disorders, social phobia, posttraumatic stress disorder, acute stress indication or generalized anxiety disorder, bipolar disorders, mania, dementia, substance-related disorders, sexual dysfunctions, eating disorders, obesity, anorexia, and fibromyalgia. A preferred salt is 1-[4-(5-cyanoindol-3-yl)butyl]-4-(2-carbamoyl-benzofuran-5-yl)-piperazine hydrochloride.

Abstract: Compound of the formula (I) in which R1, R2 and alk are as defined in Claim 1, are potent 5-HT2A antagonist and are suitable for the treatment of psychoses, schizophrenia, depression, neurological disorders, memory disorders, Parkinson's disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Alzheimer's disease, Hutington's disease, eating disorders, such as bulimia, anorexia nervosa, premenstrual syndrome and/or for positively influencing obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD).

Abstract: The present invention relates to combinations of serotonin reuptake inhibitors and imidazoline I2 agonists as separate chemical units or both properties combined in a single molecule and to the use thereof for the preparation of medicaments for the treatment of depression, obsessive-compulsive disorders (OCDs), obsessive-compulsive spectrum disorders (OCSDs) and other anxiety states.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of (3-cyano-1H-indol-7-yl)[4-(4-fluorophenethyl)piperazin-1-yl]-methanone and salts thereof, characterised in that an indole ester of the formula II in which R is as defined in Claim 1, is converter into 3-cyano-1H-indole-7-carboxylic acid via steps (1) to (4) according to Claim 1, and this is reacted with 1-[2-(4-fluorophenyl)ethyl]piperazine of salts thereof to give the product.

Abstract: Compounds of the formula I in which R1, R2, R3 and R4 are as defined in claim 1, are ligands of the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor and/or serotonergic ligands and are suitable for the prophylaxis or treatment of psychoses, schizophrenia, depression, anxiety states, dementia, in particular Alzheimer's disease and Lewy bodies dementia, neurodegenerative disorders, Parkinson's disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Huntington's disease, Tourette's syndrome, learning and memory restrictions, bulimia anorexia nervosa or other eating disorders, compulsvie behaviour, premenstrual syndrome, age-induced memory impairment, amelioration of withdrawal symptoms in nicotine dependence, strokes or brain damage by toxic compounds, and for the treatment of disorders which are characterised by an excess of circulating serotonin or by serotonergic hyperactivity

Abstract: Compounds of the formula (I) in which R1, R2, R3 and R4 are as defined in Claim 1, are ligands of the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor and/or serotonergic ligands and are suitable for the prophylaxis or treatment of psychoses, schizophrenia, depression, anxiety states, dementia, in particular Alzheimer's disease and Lewy bodies dementia, neurodegenerative disorders, Parkinson's disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Huntington's disease, Tourette's syndrome, learning and memory restrictions, bulimia, anorexia nervosa or other eating disorders, compulsive behaviour, pre-menstrual syndrome, age-induced memory impairment, amelioration of withdrawal symptoms in nicotine dependence. Strokes or brain damage by toxic compounds, and for the treatment of disorders which are characterised by an excess of circulating serotonin or by serotonergic hyperactivity.

Abstract: Novel benzofuran derivatives of the formula (I) in which R1, R2, X, Y, Z and m have the meanings indicated in Patent Claim 1, they have a strong affinity to the 5-HT1A receptors.

Abstract: Compounds of the formula (I), in which R1, R2, Q, X, Y, m and n have the meanings indicated in Claim (1), are potent 5-HT2A antagonists and are suitable for the treatment of psychoses, schizophrenia, depression, neurological disorders, memory disorders, Parkinson's disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Alzheimer's disease, Huntington's disease, eating disorders, such as bulimia, anorexia nervosa, of premenstrual syndrome and/or for positively influencing obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD).

Abstract: Benzodioxepines of the formula (I) and physiologically tolerated salts and solvates thereof, in which R1, R2, R3, R4, A, B, a and b have the meanings indicated in claim 1, are ligands of the 5HT1A receptors and/or the 5HT4 receptors with simultaneously strong serotonin reuptake inhibition.

Abstract: Compounds of the formula (I), in which D, R1, R2 and n are defined in Claim 1, are potent 5-HT1A agonists and 5-HT reuptake inhibitors and are suitable for the treatment of depression, anxiety states, panic attacks, obsessive-compulsive disorders, psychiatric illnesses, cerebral infarction, cerebral ischaemia, tension states, side-effects in the treatment of high blood pressure, for the prophylaxis and therapy of cerebral illnesses, acromegaly, hypogonadism, secondary amenorrhoea, premenstrual syndrome, undesired puerperal lactation, pain, sleep disorders, narcolepsy, bipolar illnesses, mania, dementia, addiction illnesses, sexual dysfunction, eating disorders, obesity or fibromyalgia

Abstract: Chromenoneindole derivatives of the formula (I), in which R1, R2, R3, R, A and B are as defined in Claim 1, and pharmaceutically usable prodrugs, derivatives, solvates, stereoisomers and salts thereof, exhibit particular actions on the central nervous system, in particular 5-HT reuptake-inhibiting and 5-HTx-agonistic and/or -antagonistic actions. They are distinguished by particularly high bioavailability and particularly high inhibition of 5-HT reuptake.