For the first time researchers demonstrate in an animal how heavy alcohol use leads to long-term behavioral issues by damaging brain circuits critical for decision-making.
Rats exposed to high amounts of alcohol exhibited poor decision-making during a complex task even after a months-long withdrawal period. Key areas of their brains had undergone dramatic functional changes compared to healthy rats.
The findings, published today in Science Advances, provide a new explanation of alcohol’s…
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