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Regardless of the limitations of many studies, it is quite clear that heavy drinking is detrimental to brain function, with effects ranging from impairment of memory (encoding and retrieval), executive function, and global cognition, to an increased risk of dementia.
Nov 1, 2024 · Alcohol affects your brain and nervous system in several ways: Interference with neurotransmitters: Alcohol enhances the effects of GABA (a neurotransmitter that causes sedation and relaxation)...
- Traci Pedersen
Mar 18, 2024 · As anyone who’s consumed alcohol knows, ethanol can directly influence brain function. Ethanol is classified as a “depressant” because it has a generally slowing effect on brain activity...
Jan 1, 2017 · Sober alcoholics reveal several associations between brain-volume gain, as determined by MRI, and improvement in neuropsychological test performance: Reduced lateral-ventricle volume is related to improved memory performance (Rosenbloom et al. 2007), reduced third-ventricle volume is related to improved nonverbal short-term memory performance ...
Sep 26, 2019 · Alcohol affects short-term memory by slowing down how nerves communicate with each other in a part of the brain called the hippocampus. The hippocampus plays a significant role in helping...
- Rachel Nall, MSN, CRNA
Feb 13, 2020 · Results could be reported as an overall test score that provides a composite measure across multiple areas of cognitive ability (i.e. global cognitive function), sub-scales that provide a measure of domain-specific cognitive function or cognitive abilities (e.g. processing speed, memory), or both.
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Jun 25, 2024 · Alcohol consumption is known to have detrimental effects on memory function, with various studies implicating ethanol in the impairment of cognitive processes related to memory retention and retrieval.