US Patent Issued to UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME DU LAC on March 31 for "Therapy to stimulate hippocampal neural progenitors and adult neurogenesis" (Indiana Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,589,109, issued on March 31, was assigned to UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME DU LAC (South Bend, Ind.).

"Therapy to stimulate hippocampal neural progenitors and adult neurogenesis" was invented by Kasturi Haldar (South Bend, Ind.), Md. Suhail Alam (South Bend, Ind.) and Arpitha Mysore Rajashekara (South Bend, Ind.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Aspects of the invention are directed to methods of stimulating or promoting neurogenesis by administering to a subject of a composition comprising a cyclodextrin and a polyethylene glycol to alleviate learning, memory and cognitive deficits present in subjects afflicted with various brain disorders or ...