Healthy Minds with Dr. Jeffrey Borenstein

Binge Drinking and Alcohol Misuse

How excessive alcohol use - especially begun during adolescence - impacts somatostatin levels in the brain causing anxiety, depression, and future cognitive decline, as well as permanent changes to mood and the brain's pre-frontal cortex. Guest: Nicole Crowley, Ph.D., Director, Penn State Neuroscience Institute University Park, Associate Professor of Biology and Biomedical Engineering.

Channel: WGTE HD

Length: 00:26:47 / Episode: 1006