Patent Document ID: 20040048801
Application ID: 10296849
Patent Flag: 0

Claim One:
1. A method for improving learning and/or memory in a subject, the method comprising the step of administering postnatally to the subject an Activity Dependent Neurotrophic Factor (ADNF) polypeptide in an amount sufficient to improve postnatal learning and/or memory of the subject, wherein the ADNF polypeptide is a member selected from the group consisting of: (a) an ADNF I polypeptide comprising an active core site having the following amino acid sequence: Ser-Ala-Leu-Leu-Arg-Ser-Ile-Pro-Ala (SEQ ID NO:1); (b) an ADNF III polypeptide comprising an active core site having the following amino acid sequence: Asn-Ala-Pro-Val-Ser-Ile-Pro-Gln (SEQ ID NO:2); and (c) a mixture of the ADNF I polypeptide of part (a) and the ADNF III polypeptide of part (b).