Abstract: The present invention provides agents for treating or preventing diseases such as mood disorder, anxiety disorder, schizophrenia, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, Huntington's chorea, eating disorder, hypertension, gastrointestinal disease, drug addiction, epilepsy, cerebral infarction, cerebral ischemia, cerebral edema, head injury, inflammation, immune-related disease, alopecia, and so forth.

Abstract: The present invention provides a 1,2,4-triazolone derivative represented by Formula (1A) having an antagonistic activity on the arginine-vasopressin 1b receptor or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof and provides a pharmaceutical composition comprising the compound or the salt as an active ingredient, in particular, a therapeutic or preventive agent exhibiting favorable pharmacokinetics in a disease such as mood disorder, anxiety disorder, schizophrenia, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, Huntington's chorea, eating disorder, hypertension, gastrointestinal disease, drug addiction, epilepsy, cerebral infarction, cerebral ischemia, cerebral edema, head injury, inflammation, immune-related disease, or alopecia.

Abstract: The present invention provides agents for treating or preventing diseases such as mood disorder, anxiety disorder, schizophrenia, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, Huntington's chorea, eating disorder, hypertension, gastrointestinal disease, drug addiction, epilepsy, cerebral infarction, cerebral ischemia, cerebral edema, head injury, inflammation, immune-related disease, alopecia.

Abstract: The present invention provides agents for treating or preventing diseases such as mood disorder, anxiety disorder, schizophrenia, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, Huntington's chorea, eating disorder, hypertension, gastrointestinal disease, drug addiction, epilepsy, cerebral infarction, cerebral ischemia, cerebral edema, head injury, inflammation, immune-related disease, alopecia, and so forth.

Abstract: The present invention provides a 1,2,4-triazolone derivative represented by Formula (1A) having an antagonistic activity on the arginine-vasopressin 1b receptor or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof and provides a pharmaceutical composition comprising the compound or the salt as an active ingredient, in particular, a therapeutic or preventive agent exhibiting favorable pharmacokinetics in a disease such as mood disorder, anxiety disorder, schizophrenia, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, Huntington's chorea, eating disorder, hypertension, gastrointestinal disease, drug addiction, epilepsy, cerebral infarction, cerebral ischemia, cerebral edema, head injury, inflammation, immune-related disease, or alopecia.

Abstract: An imine compound represented by the formula: wherein A represents a heterocyclic group; R1, R2, an R3 each represent a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a C1-10 alkyl group optionally substituted with an aryl group(s) substituted with a halogen atom(s), a C3-10 cycloalkyl group, a C1-6 haloalkyl group, a C1-10 alkoxy group, etc.; R4 represents an optionally substituted C1-10 alkyl, C2-6 alkenyl, or aryl group; R5 represents a hydrogen atom, a C1-10 alkoxy group, a C1-6 haloalkyl group, an optionally substituted C1-10 alkyl or C2-6 alkenyl group, an optionally substituted aryl or heterocyclic group, etc.; W represents —CO—, —CO—CO—, —CO—NH—, —CS—NH—, or —SO2—, or a cannabinoid-receptor agonist comprising said imine compound as an active ingredient. The imine compound of the present invention has a cannabinoid-receptor agonist effect, and is useful as a therapeutic or prophylactic drug for pains and autoimmune diseases.