Researchers have come up with a drug Naltrexone that may eventually help to change drinking behaviour in adults who are used to binge during their adolescent years. "During our teen years, the brain is still in a relatively immature state. Binge drinking worsens this situation, as alcohol undermines the normal developmental processes that affect how our brain matures," said lead author, PhD student at the University of Adelaide, Australia.
"Therefore, when an adolescent who has been binge drinking becomes an adult, they're often left with an immature brain, which assists in the development of alcohol dependence," he added. For the study, published in the Journal Neuropharmacology, researchers observed that adolescent mice involved in binge drinking behaviour developed an increased sensitivity to alcohol as adults and engaged in further binge drinking. The researchers were able to…
