Photo from open sources British experts have found that the effect of drinking ethyl alcohol drinks is very similar to the action of oxytocin – the so-called hormone of love. Its findings researchers published in the scientific journal “Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews. ”
The similarity of the effect of alcohol and oxytocin on a person is expressed, according to scientists, both in external manifestations and on neural level of brain functioning. Oxytocin contributes to the formation of emotional attachment of the child to parents, parents to children in love with each other. Besides, hormone of love has a beneficial effect on the body and reduces stress. An individual under the influence of oxytocin is prone to well relate to others, engage in useful activities, free of charge help strangers. This behavior is due to exposure. hormone on the limbic structure of the central nervous system systems and work of the prefrontal cortex.
Experts said that moderate drinking has a similar effect on our brain. Drunk man gets rid of stress, cheers up, starts treat others kindly. This euphoria, however, lasts not for long, because after sobering up or drinking more the amount of alcohol in a person is inhibited by the nervous system, and its mood is in decline.
The British warn that alcohol is harmful and, despite the above properties, is not an antidepressant. On the contrary ethanol is a known depressant that suppresses the nervous system, and when consumed in significant amounts, it leads to depression and mental disorders.
