Medical Xpress
"Young people are particularly vulnerable to the damaging effects of alcohol misuse," said Dr Hermens. Most people have their first alcoholic drink during adolescence and while they drink less frequently than adults, they tend to drink more on each occasion - binge drinking. The early functional signs of brain damage from alcohol misuse are visual, learning, memory and executive function impairments. These functions are controlled by the hippocampus and frontal structures of the brain, which are not fully mature until around 25 years of age.
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