Drug shown to reverse brain deficits caused by alcohol

(Queensland University of Technology) Queensland University of Technology (QUT) researchers have identified a drug that could potentially help our brains reboot and reverse the damaging impacts of heavy alcohol consumption on regeneration of brain cells.Their studies in adult mice show that two weeks of daily treatment with the drug tandospirone reversed the effects of 15 weeks of binge-like alcohol consumption on neurogenesis - the ability of the brain to grow and replace neurons (brain cells). The findings have been published in Scientific Reports.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news