Patent ID: 7256184

Claim:
A method for the treatment of a condition of aging in a human patient comprising: (a) assaying for a decrease in the level of one or more carbonic anhydrase isozymes in a tissue of a human patient suspected of having a condition of aging selected from the group consisting of dementia, neurodegenerative disease, Alzheimer's disease and combinations thereof; (b) selecting the human patient whose assay shows a decrease in the level of one or more carbonic anhydrase isozymes; and (c) administering to the selected patient a pharmaceutically effective amount of 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D 3 to increase the level of one or more carbonic anhydrase isozymes that are present at decreased levels in the patient; wherein the patient has reduced symptoms and signs of dementia, neurodegenerative disease, Alzheimer's disease or a combination thereof after being administered the pharmaceutically effective amount of 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D 3 .