How does alcohol cause fainting? -Shannon Odell

Learn how alcohol interacts with your brain and how it can interrupt the brain's memory networks, leading to blackouts.

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Alcohol has been shown to have strange and selective effects on the brain. Many intoxicated people can perform complex tasks, such as holding a detailed conversation or walking home. Yet for those who experience a power outage, the memory of these events is quickly forgotten. So how does alcohol cause these memory losses? Shannon Odell explores how ethanol interrupts brain processes.

Lesson by Shannon Odell, directed by Anton Bogaty.

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