Alcohol and the brain

In this module, we will examine how alcohol affects the brain at a structural level. 

We will also look at:

• which brain areas are involved in mediating the effects of alcohol

• the processes involved in dependency

• the neuropharmacology involved in mediating the key effects of alcohol

• neuroadaptations with chronic use and withdrawal

• the underlying psychopharmacology of pharmacotherapeutic strategies

• how neuroimaging has been used to characterise the neurobiology of alcoholism. 

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