Patent Document ID: 8354438
Application ID: 10486077
Patent Flag: 1

Claim One:
1. A method of improving neurological function in a human subject comprising: identifying a human subject diagnosed with autism and administering to the human subject a composition comprising at least one compound having a structural formula: wherein Y is C═O (carbonyl), or SO 2 , (sulphonyl); R 1 is H or CH 3 (methyl), with the proviso that R 1 is null when R 2 is substituted; R 2 is H or CH 3 , with the proviso that R 2 is null when R 1 is substituted; R 3 is COOH (carboxyl) or H; R 4 is H; R 5 is H or COCH 3 , with the proviso that R 5 is H when R 6 is COCH 3 ; R 6 is H or COCH 3 , with the proviso that R 6 is H when R 5 is COCH 3 ; and n is 1 or 2; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, hydrate, or prodrug thereof; and binding the at least one compound to neurotransmitter gamma-aminobutyric acid.