US Patent Issued to Northeastern University on Dec. 2 for "N-substituted indoles and use as allosteric modulators of cannabinoid receptors" (Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,486,228, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Northeastern University (Boston).

"N-substituted indoles and use as allosteric modulators of cannabinoid receptors" was invented by Ganeshsingh A. Thakur (Cambridge, Mass.) and Sumanta Garai (Jamaica Plain, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Heteroaromatic compounds are provided which are allosteric modulators of the cannabinoid receptors and which are useful for the treatment of glaucoma, pain, neuropathic pain, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and neurodegenerative diseases such as Huntington's disease, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, multiple sclerosis, and other diseases whe...