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1: Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry. 2008 Dec 12;32(8):1778-81. Epub 2008 Sep 11.Click here to read Links

Tobacco smoking and MRI/MRS brain abnormalities compared to nonsmokers.

Domino EF.

Department of Pharmacology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-0632, United States. efdabcde@umich.edu

This mini review emphasizes the fact that tobacco smoking causes small but real biologic brain changes that need to be studied in depth. A crucial question is whether these anatomical/chemical changes reverse toward normal when smokers quit. This review is presented to stimulate further research to answer this question.

PMID: 18817837 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

PMCID: PMC2631356 [Available on 2009/12/12]