Journal
BRAIN SCIENCES
Volume 11, Issue 6, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/brainsci11060797
Keywords
environmental tobacco smoke; nervous system; brain
Categories
Ask authors/readers for more resources
Tobacco is a common addictive stimulant worldwide, with smoke from combustion containing over 5000 chemicals, including 30 known human carcinogens. Smoking negatively affects the nervous system, contributing to neurodegenerative diseases, insomnia, and cerebrovascular diseases, while the dopaminergic system shows a protective effect in Parkinson's disease. Efforts have been made to explore and reveal the various harmful effects of tobacco on human life, particularly on neurological health.
Tobacco is a one of the most common addictive stimulants used by people around the world. The smoke generated during tobacco combustion is a toxic mixture of more than 5000 chemicals of which over 30 are known human carcinogens. While its negative effects on the human body are well understood, it remains a serious public health problem. One of the multiple effects of smoking is tobacco's effect on the nervous system-its development and function. This review aims to summarize the progress made in research on the effects of tobacco on the nervous system both of the perinatal period and adults and both in animals and humans in 2015-2020. The 1245 results that corresponded to the keywords tobacco, cigarette, nervous system, brain, morphology, function were reviewed, of which 200 abstracts were considered significant. Most of those articles broadened the knowledge about the negative effects of smoking on the human nervous system. Tobacco has a significant negative impact on the development of nervous structures, neurotransmission and cognitive functions, and promotes the development of neurodegenerative diseases, insomnia and cerebrovascular diseases. The only exception is the protective effect of the dopaminergic system in Parkinson's disease. In conclusion, in recent years much effort has been devoted to describing, revealing and uncovering new aspects of tobacco detrimental to human life. The nicotine contained in tobacco smoke affects the human body in a multidimensional way, including a serious impact on the broadly understood neurological health.
Authors
I am an author on this paper
Click your name to claim this paper and add it to your profile.
Reviews
Recommended
No Data Available