Do you know how alcohol interacts with the brain? And did you know that heavy episodic drinking as an adolescent is one of the strongest risk factors for developing early onset dementia?
Our latest Explained film looks at Alcohol and the Brain with Dr Anya Topiwala, Senior Researcher at Oxford Population Health, University of Oxford, and discusses:
- How alcohol enters the brain
- Acute and chronic effects and harms caused
- How alcohol affects the brains of foetuses, adolescents, adults, and older people
- What can be done to reduce this harm
Click to watch on YouTube here.
