Animal experiment:

Two-hundred-gram male Sprague-Dawley rats are used in the study. The animals (n=15) are randomly assigned to an initial treatment dose or vehicle and subsequently receive all the different doses tested in a counter balanced design. Each test is separated by a 3- to 4-day-long washout period. The rats are given the injection of JMV 2959 (or vehicle) 17 min prior to being placed in the startle cages (i.e., 25 min prior to the first pulse). The doses of JMV 2959 used for the dose response are 1, 3, and 6 mg/kg[2].

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JMV 2959 is a growth hormone secretagogue receptor type 1a (GHS-R1a) antagonist with an IC50 of 32 nM.

JMV 2959 is a growth hormone secretagogue receptor type 1a (GHS-R1a) antagonist with an IC50 of 32 nM. JMV 2959 does not induce any intracellular calcium mobilization by itself[1].

When administered alone, it does not increase food intake and does not significantly stimulate growth hormone (GH) release[1]. JMV 2959 dose dependently decreases the startle response (F(3.42)=4.4, p

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