US Patent 7658912 Spatial evolution of neural activity

Patent 7658912 was granted and assigned to University of Massachusetts on February, 2010 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

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Current Assignee

University of Massachusetts

Patent Jurisdiction

United States Patent and Trademark Office

Patent Number

7658912

Date of Patent

February 9, 2010

Patent Application Number

10871745

Date Filed

June 18, 2004

Patent Primary Examiner

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D. L. Jones

Patent abstract

A method for identifying a candidate drug includes administering a test compound to test subjects and having the test subjects perform a sustained task. A first evolution of neural activity in the test subjects is then determined and compared with a second evolution of neural activity. This second evolution of neural activity is obtained from control subjects performing the sustained task in the absence of the test compound. The test compound is then designated to be a candidate drug when a difference between the first and second evolutions of neural activity is above a difference threshold.