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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Main Authors: Mazzone Peter, Hossain Mohammed, Tierney William, Cucullo Luca
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2011-09-01
Series:BMC Neuroscience
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2202/12/92