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After Years of research at Colorado University, about the influence and long-term effects on the brain of alcohol and cannabis consumption. shows that alcohol consumption leads to permanent changes in the white and grey matter in the brain. Conversely, there were no profound changes to brain structure after marijuana consumption.
The researchers Rachel Their and Ken Hutchison, from the psychology department of Colorado University, published their findings in the addiction magazine.
The brain gray matter is a surrounding tissue compound from nerve cells in contrast to the white matter compound from nerves fibers.
Both materials constitute a critical part of the central nervous system. Researchers find that any decrease of white or grey material volume leads to damage to brain function.
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The study finds that alcohol use among adults, spatially long-term consumption, relates to decreasing in gray material volume and white material density.
Conversely to alcohol, researchers did not find any changes in brain gray and white material both in adults and teenagers.
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Research link- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28646566
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