This is what drinking does to the brain | ScienceNordic

This is what drinking does to the brain | ScienceNordic
"...When Finnish scientists studied the brain activity of 27 young men and women who had been drinking rather regularly for ten years, they found that parts of this activity differed from the norm.
The scientists thought the long-term alcohol intake would impact the women most. 

So they were very surprised to find the opposite.
...This means that male brain electrical functioning is changed more than female brains by long-term alcohol use,” said Outi Kaarre in a press release from ECNP.
...GABA is involved in many neurological systems and it is linked to anxiety and depression. 

The Finnish researcher says it “generally seems to calm down brain activity...”