Study suggests alcohol consumption linked to acceleration of Alzheimer's disease

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Study suggests alcohol consumption linked to acceleration of Alzheimer's disease

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More studies supporting the idea that alcohol consumption is bad for your brain.

In a new preclinical study, scientists at Wake Forest University School of Medicine showed that even modest amounts of alcohol can accelerate brain atrophy, which is the loss of brain cells, and increase the number of amyloid plaques, which are the accumulation of toxic proteins in Alzheimer's disease.

Interestingly, researchers also noted that acute withdrawal of alcohol increased the levels of amyloid-beta, which is a key component of amyloid plaques that accumulate in Alzheimer's disease.

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