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Three life stages when alcohol is likely to wreck the brain most

Researchers in Australia and the UK have highlighted three key periods of dynamic brain changes that may be particularly sensitive to the harmful effects of alcohol. The effects of alcohol are likely to be at their greatest during gestation (from conception to birth), later adolescence (15-19 years), and older adulthood (over 65 years). In these periods the brain is more sensitive to the harmful effects of alcohol.

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