| abstract |
Novel isoquinoline derivatives represented by general formula (I) or pharmaceutically acceptable acid-addition salts thereof, prepared by aiming at providing novel compounds which have an inhibitory activity on nerve cell death of the apoptosis type, wherein Ar represents an optionally substituted aromatic ring; and n is 0, 1 or 2. Because of the inhibitory effect on cell death, these compounds are useful as preventives and remedies for neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, Huntington's chorea and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, ischemic cerebral diseases such as cerebral stroke, and peripheral nerve disorders observed in diabetes, etc. <CHEM> |