What is DSIP? A sleep-associated nonapeptide
DSIP is the nine-amino-acid peptide Trp-Ala-Gly-Gly-Asp-Ala-Ser-Gly-Glu, originally identified in cerebral venous blood collected from rabbits during electrical stimulation of the thalamus that induced sleep. The peptide's specific mechanism of action remains an open research question — despite decades of investigation, no dedicated 'DSIP receptor' has been definitively characterised — which has made it a persistent object of study in the neuropeptide literature.



