Cortagen
Animal studies onlyAlmost all the research is in animals. We do not know if the same thing happens in people.
A short peptide from Russian research, studied in animals for nerve repair.
The basics
- What is it?
- Cortagen is one of the Khavinson short peptides. Nearly all published work is animal or cell research from a small number of Russian groups.
Can a doctor prescribe this?
No. Pharmacies are not on record as being allowed to make this into a medicine.
The FDA has not approved this as a medicine.
Not FDA approved and not on the U.S. compounding list. A doctor cannot prescribe it.
Official status: Not on the 503A bulks list. Checked 2026-08-04.
Lab suppliers we list: 4
Doses used in research
Taken word for word from the studies and trials listed on this page. This is not a recommendation and not a dose for anyone to take.
No dosing information has been published in the research indexed here.
- [Cortexin and cortagen as correcting agents in functional and metabolic disorders in the brain in chronic ischemia].
Animal study, rats or mice
Eksperimental'naia i klinicheskaia farmakologiia · 2011
- Effects of bioactive tetrapeptides on free-radical processes.
Animal study, rats or mice
Bulletin of experimental biology and medicine · 2007
- Synthesis of IL-2 mRNA in cells of rat hypothalamic structures after injection of short peptides.
Animal study, rats or mice
Bulletin of experimental biology and medicine · 2005
- Elucidation of the effect of brain cortex tetrapeptide Cortagen on gene expression in mouse heart by microarray.
Animal study, rats or mice
Neuro endocrinology letters · 2004
- [Tissue-specific action of peptides in tissue culture of rats of various ages].
Animal study, rats or mice
Advances in gerontology = Uspekhi gerontologii · 2002
- Effects of short peptides on thymocyte blast transformation and signal transduction along the sphingomyelin pathway.
Animal study, rats or mice
Bulletin of experimental biology and medicine · 2002
- Tissue-specific effects of peptides.
Animal study, rats or mice
Bulletin of experimental biology and medicine · 2001
- Effect of tetrapeptide cortagen on regeneration of sciatic nerve.
Animal study, rats or mice
Bulletin of experimental biology and medicine · 2000
- Production of lymphocyte-activating factors by mouse macrophages during aging and under the effect of short peptides.
Lab dish study
Bulletin of experimental biology and medicine · 2006
- In vitro effect of short peptides on expression of interleukin-2 gene in splenocytes.
Lab dish study
Bulletin of experimental biology and medicine · 2002
- EPIGENETIC MODIFICATION UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF PEPTIDE BIOREGULATORS ON THE "OLD" CHROMATIN.
Georgian medical news · 2023
- Effects of short peptides on lymphocyte chromatin in senile subjects.
Bulletin of experimental biology and medicine · 2004
- The delayed effect of cortagen on the restoration of injured nerve function.
Doklady biological sciences : proceedings of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Biological sciences sections · 2002