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To investigate whether the antioxidant and anti-inflammatory compound vanillylacetone (zingerone) can protect against hippocampal damage and memory loss induced by cadmium chloride (CdCl\n                    <jats:sub>2<\/jats:sub>\n                    ) administration in rats, we explored the potential involvement of the nuclear factor erythroid 2-related factor 2 (Nrf2) signaling pathway, which is known to modulate oxidative stress and inflammation. Sixty healthy male Wistar rats were divided into five groups: vehicle-treated (control), vanillylacetone, CdCl\n                    <jats:sub>2<\/jats:sub>\n                    , vanillylacetone + CdCl\n                    <jats:sub>2<\/jats:sub>\n                    , vanillylacetone + CdCl\n                    <jats:sub>2<\/jats:sub>\n                    + brusatol (a selective pharmacological Nrf2 inhibitor) groups. Vanillylacetone effectively attenuated CdCl\n                    <jats:sub>2<\/jats:sub>\n                    -induced damage in the dental gyrus of the hippocampus and improved the memory function assessed by the Morris Water Maze test. Additionally, vanillylacetone markedly decreased the hippocampal tissue levels of inflammatory biomarkers (interleukin-6, tumor necrosis factor-\u03b1, intracellular cell adhesive molecules) and apoptosis biomarkers (Bax and cleaved caspase-3). The control and CdCl\n                    <jats:sub>2<\/jats:sub>\n                    -treated groups treated with vanillylacetone showed reduced generation of reactive oxygen species, decreased malondialdehyde levels, and increased superoxide dismutase and glutathione activities, along with significant elevation of nuclear Nrf2 mRNA and protein expression in hippocampal tissue. All the protective effects of vanillylacetone were substantially blocked by the co-administration of brusatol (a selective Nrf2 inhibitor). Vanillylacetone mitigated hippocampal damage and memory loss induced by CdCl\n                    <jats:sub>2<\/jats:sub>\n                    , at least in part, by activating the nuclear transcription factor Nrf2. 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