Peptide index

A family of peptide blockers of the body's master stress hormone, used in the lab to shut down CRF signalling and studied for stress-driven anxiety, depression, gut dysfunction and insomnia.

Sleep, Circadian & Mood

A nine-amino-acid peptide first pulled out of rabbit brain blood in the 1970s that people inject before bed to deepen slow-wave sleep and fall asleep faster.

Sleep, Circadian & Mood

A four-amino-acid pineal peptide taken in short annual courses to pull a flattened, age-related melatonin rhythm back into a normal night-time peak.

Sleep, Circadian & Mood

A hypothalamic neuropeptide that switches on during REM sleep and simultaneously drives eating — which is exactly why the drug industry has spent twenty years trying to block it rather than give it.

Sleep, Circadian & Mood

A twenty-amino-acid neuropeptide that does something almost nothing else does in rodents — increases wakefulness and arousal while simultaneously reducing anxiety instead of raising it.

Sleep, Circadian & Mood

The hypothalamic peptide that holds you awake, delivered intranasally as an alertness rescue after sleep loss and studied as a replacement therapy in narcolepsy type 1.

Sleep, Circadian & Mood

A three-amino-acid Khavinson bioregulator run alongside Epitalon in Russian protocols, aimed at neuronal protection and at keeping sleep and cognitive rhythm intact with age.

Sleep, Circadian & Mood

A nasal anxiolytic peptide registered as a medicine in Russia that takes the edge off anxious arousal without sedating you, which is why it often improves sleep as a side effect rather than as a direct hypnotic action.

Sleep, Circadian & Mood