This week Reactions gets the scoop on the science behind being drunk. There’s a lot of brain chemistry that goes on when you drink from drunkenness, frequent bathroom breaks and occasionally poor decision-making.

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Producer:
Elaine Seward

Writer:
Tien Nguyen, Ph.D.

Executive Producer:
Adam Dylewski

Scientific consultants:
John Malin, Ph.D.
Darcy Gentleman, Ph.D.
Kyle Nackers

Sources:
http://baltimoreauthors.ubalt.edu/writers/fscottfitzgerald.htm
http://hams.cc/metabolism/
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/04/140423111505.htm
http://visual.ly/how-alcohol-travels-through-body
http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2013/01/31/170748045/why-mixing-alcohol-with-diet-soda-may-make-you-drunker
http://www.umd.edu/ocrsm/files/Alcohol_&_GenderDifferences.pdf
http://health.howstuffworks.com/wellness/drugs-alcohol/how-alcohol-makes-drunk.htm
http://hams.cc/dopamine.pdf
http://alcoholicsanonymous.com/how-alcohol-affects-the-brain/
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/092549279090007S – effect of alcohol on cerebral cortex and cellebellum
http://pubs.niaaa.nih.gov/publications/arh21-1/53.pdf

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