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Changes in metabolic hormones and trace elements in CSF in active smokers indicate oxidative damage to brain cells.

Peiwen ZhengFan WangHui LiHanlu ChenMengtong LiHaozheng MaJue HeLi ChenYanlong LiuHaiyun Xu
Published in: Endocrine connections (2024)
These data relate smoking-induced weight gain to its neurotoxic effect on the neurons that synthesize metabolic hormones such as adiponectin, ghrelin, leptin, or orexin A in the brain, by disrupting mitochondrial function and causing oxidative stress in the neurons.
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