Abstract: The invention encompasses compounds of Formula I, which are blockers of KCNQ channels. Blockers of KCNQ channels are known to enchance cognition in laboratory animals. The invention includes, salts, solvates, compositions, and methods of use.

Abstract: The present invention provides novel N-substituted fluorooxindoles having the general Formula I wherein the wavy bond represents the racemate, the (R)-enantiomer or the (S)-enantiomer and m, n, p, q, A, B, D, Q, X, and Z are as defined below, or a nontoxic pharmaceutically acceptable salt or solvate thereof and are useful in the treatment of disorders which are responsive to the opening of potassium channels.

Abstract: This invention describes compounds of Formula (I) which are modulators of potassium channels and are useful for treating conditions affected by abnormal potassium channel activity including erectile dysfunction and irritable bowel syndrome.

Abstract: The present invention describes calcium sensitive and selective maxi-K potassium channel opener/activator compounds that function to open maxi-K channels under conditions of high intracellular calcium concentrations, and which do not significantly affect the opening of maxi-K channel proteins under conditions of low or physiologically normal intracellular calcium concentrations. Methods of assaying for and using such compounds are also provided. According to the invention, whole cell voltage patch-clamp studies newly demonstrated that the ability of opener compounds, e.g., fluoro-oxindoles and chloro-oxindoles, to open maxi-K channels was sensitive to the intracellular Ca2+ concentration ([Ca2+])i, i.e., more channels opened at more negative potentials. Particular fluoro-oxindole and chloro-oxindole compounds produced significant increases in whole-cell maxi-K potassium channel-mediated outward currents only in cells having higher [Ca2+]i, compared with effects in lower [Ca2+]i.