Patents by Inventor Mirella Ghirardi

Mirella Ghirardi 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).

  • Method for enhancing long-term memory in a subject and uses thereof
    Publication number: 20060088535
    Abstract: The present invention provides for a method to enhance long-term memory in a subject whose cAMP-responsive gene expression is repressed due to binding of a cAMP-response-element-binding-protein-2 to a protein or a DNA associated with cAMP-responsive gene expression, or both, which comprises administering to the subject a compound capable of interfering with such binding in an amount effective to interfere with binding of the protein or the DNA so as to thereby derepress cAMP-responsive gene expression in the subject and enhance the subject's long-term memory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2005
    Publication date: April 27, 2006
    Applicant: The Trustees of Columbia University
    Inventors: Dusan Bartsch, Eric Kandel, Mirella Ghirardi
  • Method for enhancing long-term memory in a subject and uses thereof
    Patent number: 7015190
    Abstract: The present invention provides for a method to enhance long-term memory in a subject whose cAMP-responsive gene expression is repressed due to binding of a cAMP-response-element-binding-protein-2 to a protein or a DNA associated with cAMP-responsive gene expression, or both, which comprises administering to the subject a compound capable of interfering with such binding in an amount effective to interfere with binding of the protein or the DNA so as to thereby derepress cAMP-responsive gene expression in the subject and enhance the subject's long-term memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2006
    Assignee: The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York
    Inventors: Dusan Bartsch, Eric R. Kandel, Mirella Ghirardi