Does Smoking Benefit Parkinson’s Disease and Schizophrenia through Wallerian Degeneration of the Habenula?

John Gardiner
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John Gardiner: Freelance Scientist, Australia

Open Access Journal of Neurology & Neurosurgery, 2019, vol. 12, issue 3, 70-72

Abstract: Smoking appears to reduce the risk of Parkinson’s and reduce symptoms of schizophrenia. The habenula is a brain region which is implicated in both these conditions. Smoking or nicotine treatment appears to cause Wallerian degeneration of the habenula, which may be one way in which a benefit occurs in the above disorders

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Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.19080/OAJNN.2019.12.555837

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