How Does Alcohol Effect Brain Cells?
While people realize that alcohol can make them think ‘fuzzy,’ and by drinking enough alcohol, you can get drunk, exactly what happens in the brain cells? How does alcohol impact the brain and are there other effects on the brain? Researchers set out to answer this question. In a recent press release, researchers from the Weill Cornell Medical College in New York City released details of their findings. Based on the principle that you need to understand the molecular activity of the genes that are impacted by alcohol before you can understand the biological affects of alcohol, researchers moved forward with their studies. Armed with this additional information, researchers believe that they are in a position to conduct further research that may shed some light on how alcohol can cause both good, and bad, effects. Excessive amounts of alcohol can often cause brain and liver damage. Yet, the consumption of moderate amounts of alcohol can actually be beneficial for many people. Researcher
