article_snippet.sent: Binge drinking as a teenager can cause long-lasting damage to the brain well into adulthood, a new study has warned.
article_snippet.sent: This, in turn, can put teenagers at risk of anxiety disorders and alcoholism, researchers found.
article_snippet.sent: Binge drinking as a teenager can cause long-lasting damage into adulthood, putting young people at risk of anxiety disorders and alcoholism .
article_snippet.sent: Professor Subhash Pandey, of the University of Illinois College of Medicine, explained that binge drinking during the teenage years disrupts the brain's normal development.
article_snippet.sent: Professor Subhash Pandey, of the University of Illinois College of Medicine said: 'Our study provides a mechanism for how binge-drinking during adolescence may lead to lasting changes that result in increased anxiety and alcoholism in adults.'
article_snippet.sent: Intermittent alcohol exposure 'degrades the ability of the brain to form the connections the brain needs to during adolescence, Professor Subhash Pandey, of the University of Illinois College of Medicine explained. '
article_snippet.sent: researchers showed increased anxiety-like behaviours and drank more alcohol in adulthood.
article_snippet.sent: it also revealed the risky effects of drinking, as young people admitted to forgetting how young people got home, driving young people home drunk or getting in a car with someone young people knew was intoxicated.