Benzobicyclic lactam acids having a fused aromatic carbocyclic and a saturated lactam ring of five- or six-members, their salts, esters, and amides, are useful in the treatment of senility and for reversing amnesia. Pharmaceutical compositions including these compounds, a method of preparing the compounds, and a method of treating senility and reversing amnesia area also disclosed.
1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-2-oxo-8-quinolineacetic and -propanoic acids and derivatives as cognition activators