Nature: Alcoholism can cause brain volume to shrink.

Previous studies have found that elderly patients who drink alcohol for more than 20 years have different degrees of cerebral and hema atrophy, and severe neurodefunctions.
the development of brain tissue, the aging process is not linear, and for these long-term alcoholics, it is difficult for researchers to assess whether there is a link to the natural aging of nerve tissue.
the same change for middle-aged and young alcoholics? And for these relatively young alcoholics, does alcoholism increase the risk of cardiovascular disease? A recent article published in Nature, "Moderate alcohol use is associated with adlysed brain volume in early middle age in sexes", has done a detailed study of these issues.
Researchers first collated the relevant scientific reports of the past 10 years, different studies on the monitoring of brain volume, resulting in some differences in results, but the general conclusion is that alcohol abuse will cause different degrees of brain function area atrophy, but the gender impact of men and women there are different degrees of difference.
a further 1,196 infants born in the 1970s were selected for continuous observation, and 353 people participated in the study between 2014 and 2016, while 86 control group volunteers were randomly selected.
two groups of patients were assessed for alcohol abuse using the AUDIT scale.
two groups of subjects under the 3D T1 brain MRI were used to assess volume changes in brain tissue, grayscale, cerebral whiteness, sea horse, and small brain.
results showed that, with the exception of smoking, which had a small effect on brain volume, none of the subjects' growth history had a statistical effect on brain volume.
and alcoholism scores were significantly associated with changes in brain volume, with moderate alcoholics causing brain volume atrophy of up to 10% compared to mild alcoholics.
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