Methods and tools for detecting, diagnosing, predicting, prognosticating, or treating a neurobehavioral phenotype in a subject
Patent Information
- Authority / Receiving Office
- US ยท United States
- Patent Type
- Applications(United States)
- Current Assignee / Owner
- YALE UNIV
- Publication Date
- 2019-04-04
- Estimated Expiration
- Not applicable ยท inactive patent
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Abstract
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BACKGROUNDTechnical Field
[0001] The tools and methods described herein relate to a genotype and neurophenotype topography-based approach for analyzing brain neuroimaging and gene expression maps to identify drug targets associated with neurobehavioral phenotypes and, conversely, neurobehavioral phenotypes associated with potential drug targets, to develop rational design and application of pharmacological therapeutics for brain disorders. These tools and methods also provide for treatment of subjects in need of neurological therapy. Described herein is the selection, optimization, and ultimately targeting of therapeutics to specific neural circuits based on the bi-directional alignment of the neurobehavioral phenotypes and gene expression maps. This approach produces an actionable set of practical steps to aid therapeutic design and decision making based on the alignment or comparison of neuro-behavioral and transcriptomic data and the definition, and exploitation of, new neurophenot...