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Study in rats suggests long-term, moderate consumption of alcohol improves
recall of both visual and emotional stimuli

By Nikhil Swaminathan

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http://sciam.com/article.cfm?articleID=439863EB-E7F2-99DF-3FE0A7665EBFA7A3&chanID=sa003&sc=WR_20071002

Study in rats suggests long-term, moderate consumption of alcohol improves
recall of both visual and emotional stimuli
By Nikhil Swaminathan
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Meir Stampfer, a professor of nutrition and epidemiology at the Harvard
School of Public Health in Boston, says that the new work provides a
stronger biological basis for studies that he and others have undertaken
linking improved memory to moderate alcohol intake. "[This study] provides
interesting evidence for a mechanism that may be operating at the NMDA
receptor," he says, but quickly cautions: "It's better not to drink at all
than to drink too much," as is also demonstrated by this study.