How does alcohol kill neurons?

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How does alcohol kill neurons?

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Alcohol does cause damage to the neurons but how that happens is still unknown. What is known though, is that it doesn’t exactly kill the neurons, it affects the neural stem cell function which in turn inhibits the process of generation of new neurons. It specifically impacts the part of the brain that makes new memories, called the hippocampus.

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