Microglia‑Driven Extracellular Matrix Breakdown Links Heavy Alcohol Use to Brain Damage
Key developments: Researchers showed that heavy drinking triggers microglia—the brain’s resident immune cells—to tear down the extracellular matrix that supports neurons, leading to reduced signaling, sedation, and frontal‑cortex cell loss. Crucially, they proved the mechanism in mouse models…
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