We have recently reported that nobiletin, a citrus flavonoid, improves impaired memory in olfactory-bulbectomized (OBX) mice, which have been widely utilized as a useful paradigm that shares some major clinical features of Alzheimer's disease. Here, we examined the effects of nobiletin on OBX-induced cholinergic neurodegeneration in mice. OBX mice showed reduced acetylcholinesterase (AChE) staining and choline acetyltransferase (ChAT) expression in the hippocampus. An 11-day administration of nobiletin rescued OBX-induced decrease in the density of AChE-staining and ChAT expression in the hippocampus. These results suggest that nobiletin rescues OBX-induced cholinergic neurodegeneration, accompanied by improvement of impaired memory in OBX mice.
        
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Nakajima A, Yamakuni T, Haraguchi M, Omae N, Song SY, Kato C, Nakagawasai O, Tadano T, Yokosuka A, Mimaki Y, Sashida Y, Ohizumi Y (2007) Nobiletin, a citrus flavonoid that improves memory impairment, rescues bulbectomy-induced cholinergic neurodegeneration in mice J Pharmacol Sci105: 122-6
Nakajima A, Yamakuni T, Haraguchi M, Omae N, Song SY, Kato C, Nakagawasai O, Tadano T, Yokosuka A, Mimaki Y, Sashida Y, Ohizumi Y (2007) J Pharmacol Sci105: 122-6