I didnt know how it would help, but was told that this is one of the things that your body has difficulty making, and because of digestion it was hard to get this in an effective form
Initially investigated for its potential to treat neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimers and Parkinsons, this small synthetic peptide is known to bind with high affinity to hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) and its receptor c-Met, thereby promoting neuronal differentiation, dendritic branching, and synaptic plasticity
That being said, Dihexa was administered to the rats in doses of 1.44 mg/kg of 2.88 mg/kg in order to see how levels of AngIV changed in response to the nootropic compound
The second part of the study began by randomly dividing the test subjects in three groups including: APP/PS1, Dihexa administered at a dose of 2.88 mg/kg, and 2.88 mg/kg of Dihexa + 0.5 mg/kg of wortmannin
Usage Cited in: Brain Sci
Slices were stimulated with a vehicle, Nle-AngIV, or Dihexa for 2 days