Alcohol affects the brain centres, but the more alcohol you have the more parts in your brain are effected.
Alcohol affects the brain in a set order, starting with:
Cerebral Cortex
The Limbic System
Cerebellum
Hypothalamus
Medulla
1 – Cerebral Cortex
This is the largest piece of your brain. This is where all the processing is done, it also controls most of the muscle movements. Alcohol affects these parts in the following ways:
Your pain is numbed if you hurt yourself
Your senses are affected – taste, touch, vision, hearing & smell
Your thought process is slowed down & your movement becomes slower
Makes a person more louder & talkative.
The more alcohol you drink the increase in your blood level increases.
2 – Limblic System
This part of you brain is where it controls you outer memory & emotions. When Alcohol enters this part of your brain it affects your emotions & you suffer memory loss.
3 – Cerebellum
This is where the muscle movement is co-ordinated. Affected by Alcohol & your movements become uncontrollable, simple things like touching your nose & standing on one leg become very hard to achieve. Cerebellum controls everyone’s balance, that’s why you’re always seeing drunken people falling over.
4 – Hupothalamus & Pituitary Gland
There are two very noticeable side effects Alcohol has on this part of your brain. This part of your brain controls the chemicals & endocrine functions like sex hormone secretion, growth & thyroid.
- Your sexual functions or easily affected, like your sexual performance decrease's & your arousal increases.
- Increased urine excretion.
5 – Medulla
This is the most important part of your brain, this controls your bodily functions, such as heart rate, breathing, temperature & consciousness. To much Alcohol effects all these parts, this is because your BAC (Blood Level Content) keeps increasing.
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