KINE 3020 : Lab 2 (3020).pdf
30 Dec 2014
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Figure 1: movement time of third year kinesiology majors given different goggles which mimicked vision when intoxicated. Alcohol consumption disrupts the brain function in many ways. It interferes with the communication pathways and alters mood and behaviour making it difficult to clearly function. Alcohol alters the chemical messengers known as neurotransmitters. It increases the effects of inhibitory neurotransmitter gaba. Alcohol also inhibits excitatory neurotransmitter glutamate which has similar impact on the brain. Alcohol also increases the level of dopamine in the brains reward center which is responsible in the pleasurable feeling. All areas of brain are affected in different manners which results in poor motor reflex and impairment. In short, alcohol causes blackouts which results in memory loss overall. This is why when one consumes large volume of alcohol, they do not remember majority of the night the following morning. Other substance have a very similar effect on the brain.
