Alcohol abuse is known to impair memory and other brain functions and increase brain cell death.
A new study in rats has shown that alchol consumption causes fewer new brain cells to form and results in greater cell death.
But rats that were fed alcohol - a Glutathione peroxidase mimic that acts as a free radical scavenger - showed no similar reduction in brain-cell formation and no increase in cell death.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2003 Jun 24;100(13):7919-24. Epub 2003 Jun 05.
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