| abstract |
The current application discloses methods of modulating the interaction of nerve growth factor, or precursors thereof, with neurotrophin receptors by contacting cells expressing a neurotrophin receptor with a benzo-phenantroline core structure compound. The compounds involved in these methods are the ones of formulae (16-22). Also claimed and disclosed are specific compounds of formulae (16-21),of which formulae (16) and (21) are herein given as a chemical core type-structure of the disclosed compounds. |