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Re:How does alcohol influence the brain? by fallingfrog on Sunday January 10, 2016 @02:40PM (#10876799)
If you start looking at their references the arguments start to fall apart- for example, that photo of reduced glucose uptake was not associated with reduced cognitive performance and the authors of the paper suggested that perhaps an alternative energy source to glucose was being utilized.
Re:How does alcohol influence the brain? by tcj_phx on Monday January 11, 2016 @12:19AM (#10878974)
Alcohol is an energy-rich molecule... I think one of its metabolites is preferentially burned by the body. There was a study published about 2 years ago that found heavy drinkers' brains burn lots of acetate.