Research
Research summaries
Topic-level overviews of the mechanisms, delivery routes, and pharmacological themes that recur across the nootropic peptide literature.
Intranasal peptide delivery — why the nose-to-brain route matters
The published case for intranasal administration as the dominant route in nootropic peptide research, and the limits of the nose-to-brain pathway.
Read summaryBDNF and the cognitive peptide family — the central mechanistic theme
BDNF induction is the common molecular endpoint shared by the most-studied nootropic peptides. What that means for research interpretation.
Read summaryAdult neurogenesis and synaptogenesis research peptides
Dihexa, FGL, and the broader research effort to develop small-molecule agonists of the pathways that drive adult neural plasticity.
Read summaryPeptide-based anxiolytics — Selank and the enkephalin system
Why endogenous opioid peptide modulation offers a route to anxiolysis without the sedation, dependence, or cognitive impairment of GABA-A approaches.
Read summarySleep, cognition, and the case for DSIP-class peptides
Memory consolidation is downstream of sleep architecture. Peptides that modulate slow-wave sleep have a coherent — if subtle — case in cognitive research.
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