Your College Roommate Likes to Binge Drink on Saturday Nights

question 172

Multiple Choice

Your college roommate likes to binge drink on Saturday nights. After one particularly bad weekend, she becomes concerned about the effects of so much alcohol on her brain. Knowing that you are studying the brain in psychology, she asks you to explain the effects of alcohol on the brain. You should tell her that alcohol affects the function of the neurotransmitter ____.

• A) acetylcholine
• B) dopamine
• C) GABA
• D) norepinephrine

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