Therapy of Dredging the Bowels Enhanced the Neuroprotective Effect of Nourishing Kidney Herbs on Hippocampal Cholinergic System in Alzheimer’s Disease Model Rat Induced by Aβ 1-42

Figure 5

Effects of NKDB herbs on AChE and ChAT activity in the hippocampus after the treatment. (a) AChE activity of MG was significantly increased than that of SOG. Compared with MG, AChE activity of NKG, DBG, NKDBG, and DHG were decreased and the differences were statistically significant. There was no significant difference between NKDBG and DHG. (b) ChAT activity of MG was significantly decreased than that of SOG. There was a trend of increase in ChAT activity in NKG, DBG, NKDBG, and DHG compared with MG, without statistical difference. Bar graphs were represented with the mean ± standard deviation (n = 10). < 0.01 and < 0.05 versus SOG, < 0.01 and < 0.05 versus MG.

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