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What Binge Drinking Can Do

Binge drinking can leave an everlasting impact and impair memory in the young people.

by Savitha C Muppala on May 18, 2011 at 11:29 PM

Binge drinking can leave an everlasting impact and impair memory in the young people.

The area in the brain in charge of learning takes a beating due to the damage caused in the hippocampus after binge drinking.


The study shows a clear cut relation with binge drinking and memory impairment. They could portray difficulty with tasks where the hippocampus and prefrontal; cortex are involved.



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