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Olfactory deposition of inhaled nanoparticles in humans

Jeffry D. Schroeter, Julia S. Kimbell, Guilherme J. M. Garcia

Carolina Digital Repository (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill), 2020

Abstract

Inhaled nanoparticles can migrate to the brain via the olfactory bulb, as demonstrated in experiments in several animal species. This route of exposure may be the mechanism behind the correlation between air pollution and human neurodegenerative diseases, including Alzheimer’s disease and Parkinson’s disease.

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