Archive
Category: Cognitive & Neuro Research
Neuropeptides and neuroscience research: Semax and Selank, DSIP, VIP, pinealon, cerebrolysin, the melanocortin system and neurotrophic factors, and what the evidence does and does not show.
October 15, 2026
What NGF and BDNF are, why precursor forms do the opposite of mature ones, why adult human neurogenesis is still contested, and exactly what the published Semax, Selank and P021 work measured.
October 14, 2026
What alpha-MSH is, how one precursor protein yields it alongside ACTH and beta-endorphin, what each of the five melanocortin receptors actually responds to, and where KPV fits as its C-terminal fragment.
October 11, 2026
What Cerebrolysin is, why a mixture of brain-derived peptides cannot be characterised like a single research peptide, and what the Cochrane reviews of stroke and vascular dementia actually concluded.
October 6, 2026
Neuropeptides explained: how they differ from classic neurotransmitters, the major families from endorphins to orexin, and which ones researchers study.
October 6, 2026
Vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP) explained: the 28-amino-acid neuropeptide found in 1970, its VPAC receptors, what it does, and sourcing in Canada.
October 5, 2026
Pinealon explained: the Glu-Asp-Arg tripeptide from St. Petersburg's bioregulator programme, its cell and rat studies, and sourcing in Canada.
October 5, 2026
Nootropic peptides explained: Semax, Selank, P021, PE-22-28 and DSIP compared by origin, mechanism and evidence, plus sourcing in Canada.
October 5, 2026
DSIP explained: the 1977 rabbit sleep peptide with no known gene or receptor, what studies found, why results conflict, and sourcing in Canada.
October 4, 2026
Semax vs Selank: two Russian-developed heptapeptides with the same Pro-Gly-Pro tail. What each is built from, what studies found, and Canadian sourcing.