Tobacco smoking and MRI/MRS brain abnormalities compared to nonsmokers.
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.
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Department of Pharmacology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-0632, United States. efdabcde@umich.edu
D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy / Q000379:methods*; D012907:Smoking / Q000473:pathology*