'Alcohol makes your brain grow'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/4496727.stm

WTF? Nearly every other study I have read says that alcohol kills brain cells, not the opposite. Even moderate intake.

Anyone no more about this?

 

One study done on mice is hardly proof...

Just cause something was published on a news site, doesn't mean it's true

 

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Complete bullshit! I promise it is a neurotoxin. Not good. May not be a very harsh one, but it will get it's job, of fucking up your life, done overtime.

 

It does kill brain cells, that is true.

 

i was very surprised by that article....

i've only been thinking about it for less than 10 seconds, but it just doesn't make sense.

we've known for a long time that alcohol depresses (and kills) brain cells; it also impairs neurogenesis (the creation of new brain cells). that is, when new neurons are born under the influence, they are kind of "retarded," if you will, and once they mature and complete their migration (which takes about one month) to their final place in the brain (i.e. hypothalamus), they are still sub-par cells lacking the effective functioning of brain cells that have not been exposed to alcohol during their maturation process.

the only way i can make sense of a spurt of brain cells after drinking is by the adaptation model. basically, the body/brain rebounds after an event (e.g. the alcohol consumption). so i'm suggesting that perhaps the brain enters some sort of proliferation process (sparking the creation of new neurons) to counter the depressive and general toxic effects of the alcohol.

but i don't know if that's what is going on or not.