Patents by Inventor Kristen A. Rahn

Kristen A. Rahn has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Treatment of cognitive impairment in a subject with a neurological autoimmune disease
    Patent number: 9737552
    Abstract: Described herein are methods for the treatment of cognitive impairment in a subject with a neurological autoimmune disease and methods for determining whether a subject who has a central nervous system autoimmune disease is likely to acquire a cognitive impairment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: The Johns Hopkins University
    Inventors: Adam Kaplin, Barbara S. Slusher, Kristen A. Rahn
  • METHODS FOR REDUCING ANXIETY AND IMPULSIVITY IN SUBJECTS INITIATING TREATMENT WITH SEROTONIN REUPTAKE INHIBITORS
    Publication number: 20160375016
    Abstract: The present invention provides compositions and uses thereof for reducing anxiety and/or impulsivity, including, for example, suicidality, in a subject undergoing treatment with a serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SRI) comprising administering to the subject an effective amount of a SRI and an effective amount of a 5-HT1A receptor partial agonist/antagonist. In addition, the present invention provides dosing regimens for various SSRIs which can also reduce anxiety and/or impulsivity, including, for example, suicidality in a subject undergoing treatment with an SSRI. Kits including daily dosing regimens of various SSRIs are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2014
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventors: Adam I. Kaplin, Craig W. Hendrix, Kristen A. Rahn
  • TREATMENT OF COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT IN A SUBJECT WITH A NEUROLOGICAL AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE
    Publication number: 20130344000
    Abstract: Described herein are methods for the treatment of cognitive impairment in a subject with a neurological autoimmune disease and methods for determining whether a subject who has a central nervous system autoimmune disease is likely to acquire a cognitive impairment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2011
    Publication date: December 26, 2013
    Applicant: The Johns Hopkins University
    Inventors: Adam Kaplin, Barbara S. Slusher, Kristen A. Rahn