Psience Quest

Quote:Previous studies have shown that alcohol changes the structure of white matter for the worse, even if a person is only drinking moderate amounts, which can lead to accelerated cognitive decline as a person gets older. This new study is unique in that it is one of the first to examine the state of white matter after a person becomes sober. And the outlook is not great.

Lead author Santiago Canals, Ph.D., a principal investigator at the Institute of Neurosciences in Spain, announced Tuesday that until now, “nobody could believe that in the absence of alcohol the damage in the brain would progress.”