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Cortagen
Research context
In organotypic culture, the tetrapeptide Cortagen (Ala-Glu-Asp-Pro) was tested on rat brain-cortex explants, with explant growth as the recorded endpoint.
What has been studied
- Organotypic rat explants
Khavinson (2001) tested Cortagen (Ala-Glu-Asp-Pro) in organotypic cultures of rat brain cortex and recorded explant growth. The same short report also tested other synthetic peptides on explants from different tissues; those other peptides are outside this note.
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Research model areas
- Organotypic rat brain-cortex explants
Selected published literature
What remains uncertain
Limitations
An explant-growth observation in rat organotypic culture does not establish a human neurological application.
Model areas in the Body Explorer: Neural signaling models.