anticonvulsant effects

DPDPE is selective δ-opioid receptor agonist peptide. Inhibits electrically stimulated contraction of mouse vas deferens in vitro (EC50 = 5.2 nM), and is antinociceptive in vivo.

Cortistatin-14, a neuropeptide structurally similar to growth inhibitor-14, has anticonvulsant and neuroprotective effects and impairs recognition memory consolidation in mice through activation of sst(2), growth hormone-releasing peptide, and GABA(A/B) receptor, which can be used to study sepsis-induced cognitive impairment.