Abstract

[...]the study was undertaken to know the effect of cigarette smoke on cognitive functions in young healthy adults. [16,17] Smoking causes pathophysiological changes in the brain[18] including oxidative damage, pro-inflammatory response, pro-atherosclerotic injury, thrombotic injury, interrupts blood-brain barrier, and disorganizes cell to cell junctions. [...]cigarette smoke alters the brain structures such as thinner frontal cortical areas, frontal gray matter aberrations, and decrease insulabased functional connectivity between orbitofrontal cortex, superior frontal gyrus, temporal lobe, and insula. [23] The limitation of our study, it was of short duration study and included a small sample size. [...]smokers can be classified as mild, moderate, and severe based on the packyears of cigarettes when a large cross-sectional study is done. [...]similar studies can be conducted in female smokers also to evaluate their cognitive performance as the number of female smokers has also increased in metropolitan cities like Bangalore.

Details

Title
Effect of cigarette smoking on cognitive performance in young adult smokers
Author
Pushpa, K; Kanchana, R
Pages
562-565
Section
RESEARCH ARTICLE
Publication year
2019
Publication date
2019
Publisher
Association of Physiologists, Pharmacists & Pharmacologists
ISSN
23204672
e-ISSN
22313206
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
2254482194
Copyright
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