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Identified: Key brain circuits that control compulsive drinking...

Aug 31, 2013 by

Scientists discovered a way to reduce compulsive drinking: by inhibiting key neural pathways between the prefrontal cortex and the nucleus accumbens. Although the research was done on rats, human brains are incredibly similar to rats, so the results will...

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Impulsive young people more prone to drinking heavily

Jul 19, 2013 by

ADHD isn’t just about weak attention skills; for some, it’s also about impulsivity. And a new study from the University of Liverpool found that young people who show impulsive tendencies are more prone to drinking heavily at an early...

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One drink increases the activity of the brain’s connections at rest...

Nov 2, 2012 by

You know drinking too much kills brain cells, but new research shows that one drink can actually increase the activity of the brain’s functional connections when at rest....

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