How can a multidisciplinary approach (e.g., neuroscience, psychology, public health) advance our understanding of alcohol's effects on the brain?

Jan 8, 2025 ... Alcohol tolerance may not decrease with age, but older adults may experience increased alcohol effects because of changes in brain function ... Jun 23, 2023 ... In this episode, I discuss the physiological effects that drinking alcohol has on the brain and body at different levels of consumption and over time. There are three main types of alcohol related brain damage; Wernicke's encephalopathy, Korsakoff's syndrome and alcoholic dementia. Both Wernicke's and ... Jun 25, 2022 ... Even heavy binge drinking and long-term alcohol abuse don't result in the actual death of brain cells. Instead, alcohol damages the dendrites in ... Alcohol makes it harder for the brain areas controlling balance, memory, speech, and judgment to do their jobs, resulting in a higher likelihood of injuries ... The pattern of damage appears to be somewhat different and species-specific in animal models of alcohol toxicity. Pathological changes that have been found to ... Apr 12, 2023 ... “It's not uncommon for the mother to deny consuming alcohol while pregnant. When they do, there's this stigma or this notion that women are ... More alcohol causes greater changes in the brain, reducing hand-eye coordination and often resulting in blurred vision and slurred speech and increasing the ... Jul 6, 2020 ... This too amplifies or disrupts the normal communication between neurons. What parts of the brain are affected by drug use? Drugs can alter ... Aug 14, 2020 ... During alcohol withdrawal, the glutamate-mediated excitotoxicity induces neuronal death, which may explain structural brain alterations observed ...