01 / DESIGN
What was studied?
Male rats exposed to unpredictable stress received Semax or another ACTH analog and underwent behavioral and tissue assessments.
02 / FINDINGS
What did the researchers report?
Selected hedonic, stress-related and hippocampal measures improved. The forced-swim immobility endpoint did not show the same pattern.
03 / LIMITS
How should it be interpreted?
Animal behavioral tasks do not diagnose or demonstrate treatment of human depression. Neutral endpoints and differences between the two peptides belong in the interpretation.
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