The Latest Discoveries On Alcoholism Studies

The Latest Discoveries On Alcoholism Studies

Over a one year period, nearly 2 to 3 % became alcoholics in need of alcohol treatment and an additional 1 to 2 % show signs of regular heavy drinking or called binge drinking. The damage is believed to exceed over approximately million of people per year and contributes to nearly half of all major accidents, claiming many lives.

The study found that alcohol use caused volunteers to be unable to identify images of people’s faces who exhibited fear. The Amygdale, which registers emotional reactions in the brain, lit up when fearful faces were shown to the sober volunteers; but after modest alcohol consumption, the threat-detecting brain circuits were significantly dulled. Alcohol consumption can also cause mutations in proteins of the DNA and many regions of the brain, leaving its mark behind to suffer. In one of the study, it was concluded that around 168/5,000 brain tissue genes (4 to 5%) were found to differ by 40.02% or more between alcoholics and non-alcoholics.

One way researchers are looking into addiction treatment for alcoholism is by studying the way alcohol affects the inner-workings of the brain and the body. If we talk about the technology then also we will find many discoveries done in this field for example the discoveries of such instruments which can detect if the person is drunken or not blood test are also done to find if the person has consumed alcohol or not. The example of such instrument is hydrometer, alcohol breath testing protocol or also called breath monitor. These all instruments and discoveries can be used as an advantage to cure the problem of addiction.