Patent ID: 8093256

Claim:
A method of treating a disease in a patient, said disease selected from the group consisting of acute stroke, traumatic injury, cerebrovascular accident, brain cord trauma, spinal cord trauma, peripheral neuropathy, retinopathy, glaucoma, alopecia, Pick's disease, progressive supranuclear palsy, age related macular degeneration, breast cancer and thyroid cancer, comprising administering to said patient a therapeutically effective amount of a compound of formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof: wherein: X represents two hydrogen atoms, a sulfur atom, an oxygen atom or a C 1-2 alkyl group and a hydrogen atom; Y represents a bond, a carbonyl group, a methylene group optionally substituted by one or two groups chosen from a C 1-6 alkyl group, a hydroxyl group, a C 1-4 alkoxy group, a C 1-2 perhalogenated alkyl group or an amino group; R1 represents a 2, 3 or 4-pyridine ring or a 2, 4 or 5-pyrimidine ring, the rings being optionally substituted by a C 1-4 alkyl group, a C 1-4 alkoxy group or a halogen atom; R2 represents a phenyl group or a naphthalene ring; the phenyl group or the naphthalene ring being optionally substituted by 1 to 4 substituents selected from a C 1-6 alkyl group, a methylenedioxy group, a halogen atom, a C 1-2 perhalogenated alkyl group, a C 1-3 halogenated alkyl group, a hydroxyl group, a C 1-4 alkoxy group, a nitro, a cyano, an amino, a C 1-5 monoalkylamino group, a C 2-10 dialkylamino group, a phenyl group, a pyrrolidine ring, a piperidine ring or an azepine ring; R3 represents a hydrogen atom or a C 1-6 alkyl group; R4 represents a phenyl group, a naphthalene ring or a pyridinyl group, the groups and the ring being optionally substituted by 1 to 4 substituents selected from a C 1-6 alkyl group, a methylenedioxy group, a halogen atom, a C 1-2 perhalogenated alkyl group, a C 1-3 halogenated alkyl group, a hydroxyl group, a C 1-4 alkoxy group, a nitro, a cyano, an amino, a C 1-5 monoalkylamino group or a C 2-10 dialkylamino group; R5 represents a hydrogen atom, a C 1-6 alkyl group or a halogen atom; n represents 0 to 3; and p+q=0-3.