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Alcohol and The Brain

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"Background: While adults who drink low to moderate amounts of alcohol have lower rates of cardiovascular disease than other adults, the effect of alcohol on the brain is less clear...

Participants: A total of 1839 subjects from the Franmigham Offspring Study who had magnetic resonance imaging of the brain between 1991 and 2001...

Conclusion: [of their study] In contrast to the studies on cardiovascular disease, this study found that moderate alcohol consumption was not protective against normal age-related differences in total brain volume. Rather, the more alcohol consumed, the smaller the brain volume."

Alcohol and The Brain Bibliography

Archives of Neurology, vol. 85, 2008. By: Paul, Drs. Au, Fredman, Massaro, Seshadri, DeCarli and Wolf, Neuroscience Program, Wellesley College, Wellesley, Mass., Depts. of Neurology, Epidemiology & Biostat., Boston U. School of Pub. Health, Boston, Mass., Framingham Heart Study, Fram., Mass., and Dept. of Neurology & Center for Neuro., U. of Cal., Davis, Cal.

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