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Reach For A Cocktail When Stressed? It Might Be Rewiring Your Brain

New UMass Amherst research shows stress-drinking in early adulthood damages the brain's locus coeruleus, causing Alzheimer's-like oxidative stress that persists even after years of abstinence.

By Elliot O·Oct 8, 2026
Reach For A Cocktail When Stressed? It Might Be Rewiring Your Brain

Originally reported by MindBodyGreen.

New UMass Amherst research shows stress-drinking in early adulthood damages the brain's locus coeruleus, causing Alzheimer's-like oxidative stress that persists even after years of abstinence.

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