Alcohol affects the brain's resting-state network in social drinkers. PLoS One. 2012; 7(10):e48641. [PubMed: 23119078]Lithari C, Klados M, Pappas C, Albani M, Kapoukranidou D, Kovatsi L, et al. Alcohol affects
Alcohol use disorder (AUD) is a widespread disease leading to the deterioration of cognitive and other functions. Mechanisms by which alcohol affects the brain are not fully elucidated. Splicing constitutes a nuclear process of RNA maturation, which results in the formation of the transcriptome. We...
Alcohol affectsyour brain, making you feel relaxed in a small amount of time. As you drink more, you become intoxicated and unsteady, and you might do or say things you normally won’t. People with depression and anxiety might use alcohol to help ease symptoms, but excessive alcohol use ca...
psychological symptoms and alcohol seeking in alcohol-dependent subjects. In addition to its important effect on brain and neurotransmitters equilibrium, alcohol abuse also affects peripheral organs including the gut. By yet incompletely understood mechanisms, chronic alcohol abuse increases intestinal...
Acute and chronic alcohol exposure significantly affect behavior but the underlying neurobiological mechanisms are still poorly understood. Here, we used functional connectivity density (FCD) mapping to study alcohol-related changes in resting brain acti
So we shouldn’t forget alcohol affects all parts of the body and there are multiple health risks. 1. How was the observational study developed? A. By comparing brain and health. B. By comparing people and the researchers. C. By comparing information and gray matter. D. By comparing ...
Alcohol is a drug that affects the centralnervous system. It belongs in a class with thebarbiturates, minortranquilizers, and generalanesthetics, and it is commonly classified as adepressant. The effect of alcohol on the brain is rather paradoxical. Under some behavioral conditions alcohol can ser...
Alcohol’s slow-down effect on your brain can make you drowsy, so you may doze off more easily. But you won’tsleepwell. Your body processes alcohol throughout the night. Once the effects wear off, it leaves you tossing and turning. You don’t get that good REM sleep your body needs...
While a plethora of studies have revealed now how alcohol affects brain function [9], it might be important to consider that this picture reveals mainly the alcohol interaction with a healthy brain that is not under allostatic load. However, such an organism requires relatively few self-management...
Chronic alcohol consumption affects central α-adrenergic and β-adrenergic receptors, the inhibitory neurotransmitterγ-aminobutyric acid, and dopamine turnover. The hallmark of alcohol withdrawal is CNS excitation with increased levels of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and plasma and urinary catecholamine.6,7...