Health: Heavy drinking during youth can disrupt brain development

Representational pictureLondon: Excessive alcohol use during adolescence can disrupt the development of brain and increase risk of substance use disorder later in life, a study says."The maturation of the brain is still ongoing in adolescence, and especially the frontal areas and the cingulate cortex develop until the twenties. Our findings strongly indicate that heavy alcohol use may disrupt this maturation process," said first author of the study Noora Heikkinen from University of Eastern Fin