Alcoholic Disruption of Function in Neurophysiological Pathways and Retrogressive Development in Size and Capability of Cognitive Neurobiological Structures Through Continual Exposure
Bautista, Juan
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Title
Alcoholic Disruption of Function in Neurophysiological Pathways and Retrogressive Development in Size and Capability of Cognitive Neurobiological Structures Through Continual Exposure
Author(s)
Bautista, Juan
Issue Date
2021
Keyword(s)
Alcohol
Nervous System
Ethanol
Metabolism
Abstract
Alcohol (EtOH) as a chemical disruptor that impedes on neural development, nutritional and hormone regulations, but has low salience amongst contemporary cultures as being such. In many societies alcoholic consumption is the universal pastime. It is a particularly popular form of socialization amongst young adults (18-22 years old). Of full-time college students 54.9 percent admit to having drunk alcohol in the past month when surveyed in the 2018 Nation-al Survey on Drug Use and Health. Out of those who drank in the previous group mentioned 36.9 percent also admitted to binge drinking (having 5 or more alcoholic drinks on a single occasion) []. The high prevalence among young adults is particularly dangerous be-cause their brains are still developing and alcohol may accelerate some deleterious effects and disrupt synaptic rearrangement of the later stages of neural maturation. The factors behind the alcoholic trend within campus communities are numerous from a bacchanalian culture to emotional isolation. The general attraction to alcohol is that it releases inhibitions and psychological pressures.
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University of Illinois Undergraduate Neuroscience Society
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