Scientists from the Medical School at Washington University in St. Louis explain the mechanism by which alcohol acts, and in particular what happens to the brain when a person can not remember events from a certain period - so-called "white spots".
The study sheds some light on the surreal period when our body can dance all night, have conversations, even to blow karaoke stage and finally managed to get to bed, but then we can not remember anything.
Alcohol seriously affects the brain, except that reduces inhibitions and opens hunger for pizza with mayonnaise sauce. The research shows that large amounts of alcohol interfere in the work of key receptors in the hippocampus, the main memory center. At the same time alcohol is removed and steroid that inhibits the way the brain strengthens synapses - connections between brain kletki.Vsashtnost, scientists say, large doses of alcohol does not kill brain cells but rather individual ingredients that prevent the brain to form memories. "That may explain why high levels of intoxication people do not remember what they did the night before," said Dr. Charles F. Zorumski, a professor at Washington University.
The fact that alcohol kills brain cells is not an argument in favor of mindless drinking - even if they lose cognitive abilities, negative effects on the body far outweigh morning headache.
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