How to compare these papers
Keep behavioral tests, gene-expression changes and clinical symptom endpoints distinct. Read sample sizes, neutral findings and formulation details before comparing conclusions across papers.
This selected archive contains 23 notes in this topic. Groups describe study design, not a quality ranking or a complete systematic review. Publication year is the source paper year.
Questions to take to the original paper
- What material and experimental population were actually studied?
- What was compared, and which endpoint was measured?
- Were results neutral or conflicting, and what remains untested?
Preclinical study
- Cagrilintide brainstem atlas: receptor expression versus function
Cagrilintide · 2026 · A cross-species cell atlas was combined with spatial mapping and functional experiments in rat brainstem populations.
- Semax and a derivative in an amyloid mouse model
Semax · 2025 · Transgenic mice were assessed with behavioral tasks and brain histology after exposure to Semax or a derivative.
- Semax and neuronal calcium: effects differed by brain region
Semax · 2025 · Rat hippocampal and cerebellar slices were used to measure spontaneous and acid-triggered intracellular calcium responses.
- Semax in spinal injury: testing lysosomal and ubiquitination pathways
Semax · 2025 · A female-mouse spinal-injury model was combined with neuronal-cell experiments, sequencing and target-perturbation studies.
- Semax and copper-bound amyloid: a chemical mechanism study
Semax · 2025 · Biochemical assays and a neuroblastoma-cell model examined copper interactions, reactive oxygen production and amyloid-related toxicity.
- Semax in chronic stress: positive and neutral behavioral findings
Semax · 2024 · Male rats exposed to unpredictable stress received Semax or another ACTH analog and underwent behavioral and tissue assessments.
- Selank in a withdrawal model: a narrow preclinical question
Selank · 2022 · A rat model used experimentally precipitated morphine withdrawal to compare selected behavioral signs after intervention.
- Semax after experimental ischemia: checking proteins as well as RNA
Semax · 2021 · A later rat study investigated protein markers connected with inflammation and cell survival.
- Selank and stress cytokines: checking the abstract's naming inconsistency
Selank · 2021 · A rat social-stress experiment measured circulating cytokines after repeated exposure; the title and methods describe Selank.
- DSIP after experimental stroke: motor improvement without a clear infarct result
DSIP · 2021 · Rats received DSIP before and after experimental arterial occlusion, followed by motor testing and measurement of brain injury.
- Selank and colon morphology during restraint stress
Selank · 2020 · Male rats underwent repeated restraint while investigators examined colon-wall morphology and corticosterone-related changes.
- Selank after prolonged ethanol exposure in rats
Selank · 2019 · Rats with prolonged ethanol exposure underwent object-recognition testing and regional brain neurotrophin measurements during withdrawal.
- Selank and the microbiota of stressed rats
Selank · 2019 · A restraint-stress rat experiment assessed intestinal microbial populations with and without peptide pretreatment.
- Phosphorylated DSIP in hypoxia: a modified peptide and a specific model
Phosphorylated DSIP · 2018 · Rats under simulated high-altitude conditions were assessed for sleep architecture, spatial memory and signaling after a phosphorylated DSIP intervention.
- Selank in IMR-32 cells: a null result alone, interactions in combinations
Selank · 2017 · The cell experiment did not find a standalone Selank effect on the measured gene panel.
- A DSIP fusion protein: manufacturing and a drug-induced sleep assay
DSIP fusion protein · 2017 · Researchers expressed a fusion containing DSIP, albumin and a transduction domain in yeast, then tested it in a mouse sedative assay.
- Selank and GABA-related transcription in rat frontal cortex
Selank · 2016 · A rat experiment examined how gene-expression responses changed over a few hours.
- DSIP in stressed rat liver: nonuniform antioxidant responses
DSIP · 2016 · Acute and chronic restraint-stress experiments measured liver oxidative markers and circulating biochemical endpoints across exposure conditions.
- Semax in rat ischemia: immune and vascular gene-expression patterns
Semax · 2014 · A genome-wide analysis explored transcription after experimental focal ischemia.
- DSIP and antioxidant-gene expression across rat ages
DSIP · 2014 · Rats from several age groups were examined for antioxidant-enzyme gene expression in brain and blood cells after experimental DSIP exposure.
- Semax and neurotrophin genes: location changes the interpretation
Semax · 2007 · The direction of an expression change differed across brain regions in rats.
Clinical trial
- DSIP in chronic insomnia: weak objective signals and unchanged subjective sleep
DSIP · 1992 · The small controlled trial concluded that short-term clinical benefit was unlikely to be substantial.
- DSIP and 24-hour sleep-wake behavior: an early positive study in context
DSIP · 1987 · An earlier small trial reported improvement, illustrating the mixed historical record.
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