Abstract: Ifenprodil and its analogues are useful for the treatment of psychoses such as schizophrenia.

Abstract: A pyrimidinedione derivative which is a compound of formula (I): ##STR1## in which: R1 denotes hydrogen, a halogen, a methyl group or a methoxy group,R2 denotes hydrogen, a C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl group or a benzyl group,n denotes 2, 3 or 4,X denotes a CH group or nitrogen, andR3 denotes hydrogen, a halogen or a methoxy group when X denotes a CH group, with the proviso that R3 denotes hydrogen when X denotes nitrogen,or a pharmacologically acceptable acid addition salt thereof.

Abstract: Compounds of the formula: ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 is hydrogen, halogen, trifluoromethyl, alkyl, hydroxyl, alkyoxy, benzyloxy, alkanoyloxy, or benzoyloxy, or when R.sub.2 is hydroxyl or methoxy in the 4-position and R.sub.3 is hydrogen, R.sub.1 may also represent hydroxymethyl carbamoyl or alkoxycarbonyl,R.sub.2 is hydrogen, halogen, alkyl, hydroxyl, or alkoxy,R.sub.3 is hydrogen or alkyl,R.sub.4 is alkyl (in which case the compounds are (.+-.)-erythro) or when R.sub.3 represents hydrogen, R.sub.4 may also be hydrogen, and R.sub.5 is hydrogen, halogen, alkyl, alkoxy, or three methoxy groups in the 3-, 4- and 5-positions and pharmaceutically acceptable acid addition salts thereof, with the exclusion of compounds wherein:(a) one of R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 is in the 4-position and is hydroxyl, alkoxy or benzyloxy, the other is in the 3-position and is hydrogen, hydroxyl, alkoxy or benzyloxy, and R.sub.3 and R.sub.5 are hydrogen and wherein:(b) R.sub.1 is in the 4-position and is halogen, R.sub.4 is methyl and R.sub.

Abstract: Pyrimido- and imidazo-pyridoindole derivatives, in the form of racemates or optically active isomers, of formula: ##STR1## in which n=0 or 1, R.sub.1 =H, Hal, alkyl or alkoxy or CF.sub.3, R.sub.2 =H, alkyl, cycloalkyl-alkyl, cycloalkyl, N,N-dialkylaminoalkyl or phenyl, R.sub.3 =H or alkyl and R.sub.4 =H, alkyl or benzyl are useful as anti-anoxia or psychotropic agents in therapy. They are prepared by cyclizing a compound of formula: ##STR2## wherein R.sub.5 is alkyl, by heating it in an acidic medium, such as ethanolic hydrogen chloride.

Abstract: Pyridoindole derivatives of formula ##STR1## n=0 or 1; R.sub.1 =H, Hal, alk, alk--O--, CF.sub.3 ; R.sub.2 =--COOalk; --CONHR.sub.5 (R.sub.5 =H or various substituents); R.sub.3 =H, alk, --COOalk; R.sub.4 =H, Ac, alk, --CONHR.sub.6 (R.sub.6 =H or various substituents), and acid addition salts, except certain known compounds, are useful in treating anoxia and depression and in psychotropic therapy. They are prepared from tryptamine or a derivative thereof by reaction thereof with a pyruvic ester or 3-ethoxycarbonyl-1,2-dioxo-1-ethoxypropane to form compounds in which R.sub.4 is H and R.sub.2 is --COOalk. These compounds are reacted with amines, isocyanates or usual N-acylating or N-alkylating reagents to prepare the other compounds.

Abstract: Derivatives of fluorenes and fluoranthenes, in the form of racemates or of enantiomers, of the formula (I) ##STR1## in which n is 1 or 2, R.sub.1 is a hydrogen or halogen atom or an alkyl or alkoxy radical, R.sub.2 is a hydrogen atom or an alkyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkylalkyl, benzyl, halogenobenzyl, alkylbenzyl, alkoxybenzyl, acyl, alkoxycarbonyl or alkylaminocarbonyl radical, R.sub.3 is a hydrogen atom or an alkyl radical, R.sub.4 is a hydrogen atom or an alkyl, acyl or aroyl radical, the alkyl and alkoxy radicals or parts of radicals having from 1 to 4 carbon atoms and pharmaceutically acceptable acid addition salts thereof, are therapeutically valuable as anti-anoxia and psychotropic agents.

Abstract: Pyridoindole derivatives of formula ##STR1## n=0 or 1; R.sub.1 =H, Hal, alk, alk-O-, CF.sub.3 ; R.sub.2 =--COOalk; --CONHR.sub.5 (R.sub.5 =H or various substituents); R.sub.3 =H, alk, --COOalk; R.sub.4 =H, Ac, alk, --CONHR.sub.6 (R.sub.6 =H or various substituents), and acid addition salts, except certain known compounds, are useful in treating anoxia and depression and in psychotropic therapy. They are prepared from tryptamine or a derivative thereof by reaction thereof with a pyruvic ester or 3-ethoxycarbonyl-1,2-dioxo-1-ethoxypropane to form compounds in which R.sub.4 is H and R.sub.2 is --COOalk. These compounds are reacted with amines, isocyanates or usual N-acylating or N-alkylating reagents to prepare the other compounds.

Abstract: The present invention relates to new indolo [3,2,1-de]-[1,5]naphthyridine derivatives and their addition salts with pharmaceutically acceptable acids, the preparation of such derivatives and salts and medicaments in which they are present as active principle.

Abstract: The invention provides a new piperazine derivative, 1-(4-fluoro-3-trifluoromethylthio-phenyl)-piperazine of the formula ##STR1## and its pharmaceutically acceptable acid addition salts, which is useful as a medicament in human and veterinary therapy because of its anorexia-inducing effect.