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Selank Benefits
Antidepressive Effects (Animal Study)
A study of mice genetically bred to suffer from depression demonstrated selank’s ability to fight anhedonia and restore pleasure-seeking behaviours. Administration of selank increased sucrose self-administration and reduced immobility during a forced swim test (9).
Anxiolytic / Anxiety Reducing
One study involving 62 patients with generalised anxiety disorder (GAD) sought to compare selank to a benzodiazepine treatment. 30 patients were treated with selank, while 32 with benzodiazepines, Remarkably, efficacy for both drugs was similar, however, researchers noted selank carried anti-fatigue effects. (5). Full details of this study are difficult to obtain, as it was conducted in Russia and only the abstract has been indexed in PubMed.
Another study tested the immunomodulatory effects of selank, given that it’s endogenous “cousin” peptide, tuftsin, is primarily related to immune function. Selank was administered to patients with generalised anxiety disorder for 14 days, after which, it was noted that selank suppressed IL-6 levels of patients with depression while leaving healthy control subjects unaffected. T-helper cell (Th1/Th2) cytokines were also modulated in patients with GAD (4)
Selank as a Nootropic / Cognitive Enhancer
One animal study tested selank vs saline placebo during a food reward task that involved learning and memory. While specific study details are unclear, as the research was conducted in Russia, the researchers concluded that selank increased memory consolidation and this was primarily thought to occur through a serotonin increase (2).
An animal study of adult rats showed selank was able to compensate for hypoxia-induced cognitive deficit and the subsequent lowering of serotonin and noradrenaline (6).
References:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19093364 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20919548 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18841804 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18577961 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18454096 http://www.researchgate.net/publication/6422962 http://www.deepdyve.com/…/springer-journals/effect-of-selank http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19803361 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18661785
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