Lee J, Jeong D, Oh J, Lee J, Chang W, Cho Z, Chang J (2013) Selective basal forebrain cholinergic deficits reduce glucose metabolism, cholinergic and GABAergic system in the cingulate cortex. Neuroscience 2013 Abstracts 45.12. Society for Neuroscience, San Diego, CA.
Summary: Reduction of brain glucose metabolism and degeneration of cholinergic basal forebrain neurons are common features in Alzheimer’s disease and have been correlated with memory function. Although regions representing glucose hypometabolism in Alzheimer’s disease patients are target sites of cholinergic basal forebrain neurons, an interaction between cholinergic denervation and glucose hypometabolism is still unclear. To evaluate the changes in glucose metabolism in regions relevant to basal forebrain cholinergic deficits, we damaged basal forebrain cholinergic neurons of rats using 192 IgG-saporin. After 3 weeks, lesioned animals were tested by water maze test or analyzed using 18F-2-fluoro-2-deoxyglucose positron emission tomography. During the probe test in the water maze, performance of the lesion group decreased, considering time spent in both the target quadrant and platform zone. Glucose metabolism in the cingulate cortex of the lesion group decreased compared with the normal group. Additionally, acetylcholinesterase activity and glutamate decarboxylase 65/67 expression both declined in the cingulate cortex. Our results reveal that spatial memory impairment of animals in which basal forebrain cholinergic neurons are selectively damaged is associated with a decline in functions of GABAergic, cholinergic, and glutamatergic systems associated with glucose hypometabolism in the cingulate cortex.
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