Understanding Alcohol's Impact on the Brain 🧠 | Essential Facts for Loved Ones

Do you have a love one affected by alcohol? And you want to convince them about the dangers on alcohol on their brain? Then this video could be one that you send to them. We've did the research so you don't have to. Credit to Max Feng, our writer and researcher.

Writer: Max Feng
Editor: Rida Batool
Script Manager: Kelly Soong
Voice Over: Amanda Silvera (http://www.youtube.com/amandasilvera )
Animation: Jeremy Yao (new animator)
Production Assistant: Thomas Kang
Youtube Manager: Cindy Cheong

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1). It reduces inhibitory chemicals 0:34
2). Spikes anxiety and dependence 1:26
3). Shrinks your brain volume 2:08
4). It interferes with memory creation 2:44
5). Takes over your motor skills 3:34
6). It hijacks the reward pathway 4:17

References:

Baillie, K. U. (2022, March 4). One alcoholic drink a day linked with reduced brain size. Penn Today. penntoday.upenn.edu/news/one-alcoholic-drink-day-linked-reduced-brain-size

Davies M. (2003). The role of GABA receptors in mediating the effects of alcohol in the central nervous system. Journal of psychiatry & neuroscience : JPN, 28(4), 263–274.

Keller, A. (2020, 2 28). Alcohol and Dopamine. DrugRehab.com. www.drugrehab.com/addiction/alcohol/alcohol-and-dopamine/

Urban, N. B.L. et. al. (2010). Sex Differences in Striatal Dopamine Release in Young Adults After Oral Alcohol Challenge: A Positron Emission Tomography Imaging Study With [11C]Raclopride. Biological Psychiatry, 68(8), 689-696. doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsych.2010.06.005

White, A. M. (2003). What Happened? Alcohol, Memory Blackouts, and the Brain. Alcohol Research & Health, 27(2), 186-196. pubs.niaaa.nih.gov/publications/arh27-2/186-196.htm
Alcohol's Effects on the Body. (n.d.). National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. www.niaaa.nih.gov/alcohols-effects-health/alcohols-effects-body