In Vitro Assessment of Tobacco Smoke Toxicity at the BBB: Do Antioxidant Supplements Have a Protective Role?
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Tobacco smoke (TS) contains highly reactive oxygen species (such as hydrogen peroxide, peroxynitrite, etc), which cause oxidative damage in vascular tissue and may exacerbate inflammatory events leading to the blood-brain barrier dam...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2011-09-01
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Series: | BMC Neuroscience |
Online Access: | http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2202/12/92 |