Fermented Alcohol Affects The Brain Case Study

As everyone knows, the current legal drinking age in the united states is twenty-one years old. Although the legal age is twenty-one years old, the Missouri University of Science and Technology’s Residence Hall Guide clearly states that possession and use of alcohol is prohibited. If alcohol or any related article is found, it will be apprehended and discarded.

Although kinds all alcohol are not allowed into all residence halls except Miner Village and North Pine, an individual needs to be aware of: distilled alcohol and fermented alcohol. Distilled alcohol is obtained by concentrating fermented alcohol, thus increasing the alcohol content in distilled alcoholic beverages. Distilled alcohol effects an individual’s behavior, body, and brain quicker than fermented alcohol. Whereas fermented alcohol relies on yeast to metabolize sugars producing alcohol as a waste product. Also, fermented alcohol tends to contain less alcohol due to the fact they quit fermenting the liquid when it reaches somewhere between ten percent and fourteen percent. Thus fermented alcohol does not affect the body as quickly.

For one, the cerebral cortex, the part of the brain that processes thoughts and controls muscle movement. When under the effect of alcohol, the cerebral cortex is numbed and an individual is more confident, makes poorer decisions, and has less sharp senses. Another part of the brain that is affects is the limbic system. The limbic system consists of the hippocampus and septal area of the brain, both of which have control of the emotions and memory. When intoxicated, an individual’s emotions may be exaggerated and he or she may experience memory