Intermittent binge drinking could cause significant brain impairment within months, study suggests
Monday, October 15, 2012 - 15:31
in Health & Medicine
A study of binge-drinking rodents suggests that knocking back a few drinks every few days may swiftly reduce one's capacity to control alcohol intake. Scientists found signs of cognitive impairment in rats similar to that seen in established alcoholism after the animals had only a few months of intermittent access to alcohol. Remarkably, these impairments did not appear at all in rats with 24/7 access to alcohol, whose alcohol intake remained stable.