How Much Alcohol Is Too Much?

摘要

By now, it is common knowledge that an addictive relationship with alcohol changes your emotional and physical well-being for the worse. But it is less clear where to draw the line for moderate alcohol intake, which is often considered not to be unhealthy. Although some studies have reported that moderate drinking improves overall cognition, others have come to the opposite conclusion. In addition, it is unclear how other variables such as the drinkers’ sex or exact amount of alcohol intake affect the cognitive process. In this new study, Anderson and colleagues set out to model moderate alcohol consumption in Sprague-Dawley rats and to explore its effects on neuron development in the adult rodent hippocampus.