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n200080 [17]
3 years ago
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Explain how chemicals present in cigarette smoke are able to enter the body and reach the brain

Biology
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kobusy [5.1K]3 years ago
4 0

When you smoke a cigarette, the components; e.g. nicotine and carbon monoxide enter the lungs and are absorbed into the bloodstream. They are carried by the Red Blood Cells to the blood-brain barrier, here, nicotine binds to nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs), resulting to a cascade that results to release of dopamine (good-feeling neurotransmitter).






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