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How can alcohol change how the brain works

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Prolonged use of alcohol is toxic to neurons and can result in neuron death. Continued use of alcohol can cause atrophy of the cerebellum – a shrinkage of the brain. This results in ataxia, a degenerative disease of the nervous system, which is irreversible.

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Yes it alters the levels of neurotransmitters
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