Tobacco Smoke, Nicotine and Epilepsy

J Gordon Millichap

doi:10.15844/pedneurbriefs-28-3-3

Tobacco Smoke, Nicotine and Epilepsy

Pediatric Neurology Briefs

Volume 28 (2014): Issue 3

By: J Gordon Millichap

Open Access

|Mar 2014

Abstract

Investigators at University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, review the literature on the differences between tobacco smoke and nicotine, and their roles in causing or protecting against seizures in animal studies and in humans with epilepsy.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.15844/pedneurbriefs-28-3-3 | Journal eISSN: 2166-6482

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Language: English

Page range: 19 - 19

Published on: Mar 1, 2014

Published by: Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers

In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

Keywords:

Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor,

Chronic Smokers,

Carboxyhemoglobin

© 2014 J Gordon Millichap, published by Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

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