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Rehab News:Recovering alcoholics may find it hard to remember

New research has shown that ex-alcoholics may have problems with cognition and memory due to their drinking, despite there being no apparent injury to the brain.

The report from Keio University in Japan is to be published in the journal Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research.

In the study, 18 patients, nine of whom were recovering alcoholics and nine of whom were controls, were asked to complete a word-matching task while their brains were monitored by functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI).

Scientists found that while there might be no apparent damage, certain areas of the brain showed a lower activity in the abstinent alcoholics.

Motoichiro Kato, associate professor in the department of neuropsychiatry at Keio University in Japan and corresponding author of the study, said: "Even in the alcoholic brain without apparent structural brain changes, some cognitive impairment exists. To date, brain damages induced by alcohol are known to cause structural changes such as brain atrophy and shrinkage.

"Conversely, latent lesions mean brain damages not seen in a structural brain examination. Latent lesions may occur without apparent cognitive impairments, so that people continue drinking alcohol without noticing damage to their brain."