Cardiomyopeptidin (CMP), a small molecular polypeptide, is a new drug extracted from pig myocardium. Recently, evidence of its protective effect on myocardium injured by ischemia or anoxia has appeared.1,2 Neurons are also vulnerable to ischemia/anoxia. The aim of this study was to evaluate the neuroprotection of CMP in an anoxic model, which was the cultured hippocampal neurons in vitro, and to determine the relationship between CMP and expression of Bcl-2.