Diabetes-Induced Central Cholinergic Neuronal Loss and Cognitive Deficit Are Attenuated by Tacrine and a Chinese Herbal Prescription, Kangen-Karyu: Elucidation in Type 2 Diabetes db/db Mice

Abstract.: We investigated the effect of kangen-karyu (KK), a Chinese herbal prescription, on cognitive deficits and central cholinergic systems of type 2 diabetic db/db mice. Seven-week-old db/db (Y-db/db) mice received daily administration of test drugs during an experimental period of 12 weeks. A...

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Main Authors: Qi Zhao, Kinzo Matsumoto, Koichi Tsuneyama, Ken Tanaka, Feng Li, Naotoshi Shibahara, Takeshi Miyata, Takako Yokozawa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2011-01-01
Series:Journal of Pharmacological Sciences
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1347861319306103