CPC A61K 33/34 (2013.01) [A61K 31/155 (2013.01); A61K 31/4545 (2013.01); A61K 45/06 (2013.01); C07F 1/08 (2013.01)] | 15 Claims |
1. A method of treating a motor neuron disease and/or a neurological disease, comprising administering (i) a compound having a structure according to Formula A or (ii) a dosage form containing the compound to a subject in need thereof,
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M is copper or a radioactive isotope thereof;
R1 is aryl-(R5)n or heteroaryl-(R5)n;
R2 is selected from aryl, aryl-(R6)n, or CH3;
each of R5 and R6 independently is selected from alkoxy, amine, hydroxyl, nitro, halogen, C(CF3) 3, or CF3;
n is an integer ranging from 1 to 10; and
each of R3 and R4 independently is selected from —N(H)(CH2)n′CH3, —N(H)(CH2)n′CF3, —N [(CH2)n′CH3]2, or —N[(CH2)n′CF3]2, wherein each n′ independently is an integer selected from 0 to 9,
wherein the motor neuron disease and/or a neurological disease is amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), Parkinson's disease, Menkes disease, Lou Gehrig's disease, primary lateral sclerosis, Kennedy's syndrome, frontal temporal dementia associated with ALS, spinal muscular atrophy, or canine degenerative myelopathy.
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