Formulations are provided for the treatment of patients suffering from disorders that have in common the appearance of muscular hypotonia as a symptom. These disorders include Alzheimer's type diseases, atrophy of the brain, atrophy of the cerebellum, Fragile X syndrome, mental retardation of unknown causes, multiple anomalies in the chromosomes, deletions in one or more chromosome, and fragility in a chromosome other than the X chromosome. The formulations of the invention contain therapeutically effective amounts of gamma amino butyric acid (GABA), an anti-oxidant (such as ascorbic acid and/or vitamin E), folic acid, nicotinamide, and a lithium salt, all in a pharmaceutically acceptable excipient. Methods for the treatment of these disorders by the administration of such formulations are also provided.

Bleiweiss; Herman

Bleiweiss; Eduardo Samuel

Bleiweiss; Daniel Gustavo

Pharmaceutical formulations and methods for treating patients suffering from diseases that cause muscular hypotonia

The present invention provides SERF2, a nucleic acid encoding said SERF2 or a cell expressing SERF2 for use as a medicament, in particular for use for use in treating or preventing an atrophy disease or condition or for increasing cellular growth in a patient such as sarcopenia, cachexia, dystrophy, hypoplasia, hypotonia, or muscle loss, as well as in vitro methods suitable for cell culture proliferation and pharmaceutical compositions.

muscle hypotonia/atrophy

Pharmaceutical formulations and methods for treating patients suffering from diseases that cause muscular hypotonia

Medicament for atrophy treatment or increasing cell growth

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