Acetylcholinesterase inhibitors reduce neuroinflammation and -degeneration in the cortex and hippocampus of a surgery stress rat model.

Exogenous stress like tissue damage and pathogen invasion during surgical trauma could lead to a peripheral inflammatory response and induce neuroinflammation, which can result in postoperative cognitive dysfunction (POCD). The cholinergic anti-inflammatory pathway is a neurohumoral mechanism that p...

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Main Authors: Alexander Kalb, Clarissa von Haefen, Marco Sifringer, Annalena Tegethoff, Nadine Paeschke, Mariya Kostova, Aarne Feldheiser, Claudia D Spies
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3643957?pdf=render