α7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (α7 nAChR) represent promising therapeutic candidates for the treatment of cognitive impairment associated with Alzheimer's disease (AD) and schizophrenia. A medicinal chemistry effort around previously reported compound 1 (SEN15924, WAY-361789) led to the identification of 12 (SEN78702, WYE-308775) a potent and selective full agonist of the α7 nAChR that demonstrated improved plasma stability, ...
[Kim, Ikyon; Song, Jong Hwan; Park, Chang Min; Jeong, Joon Won; Kim, Hyung Rae; Ha, Jin Ryul; No, Zaesung; Hyun, Young-Lan; Cho, Young Sik; Sook Kang, Nam; Jeon, Dong Ju Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry Letters, 2010 , vol. 20, # 3 p. 922 - 926]