US Patent Issued to Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, The Rockefeller University on July 29 for "Compositions and methods for modulating neuronal excitability and motor behavior" (New York, California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. RE50,507, issued on July 29, was assigned to Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (New York) and The Rockefeller University (New York).

"Compositions and methods for modulating neuronal excitability and motor behavior" was invented by Anne Schaefer (New York), Paul Greengard (New York) and Chan Lek Tan (San Francisco).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention is directed to compositions and methods for treating or reducing the likelihood of the development of epilepsy in an individual. The method comprises administering to the central nervous system of an individual in need of such treatment a therapeutically effective amount of an age...