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精品文档 研究：借酒消愁 “愁更愁 ” 研究：借酒消愁 “愁更愁 ” Moderate drinking can improve memory Hitting the bottle to help drown out memories youd Hitting the bottle to help rather forget may in fact etch them more deeply into drown out memories youd your consciousness, a new study has found. rather forget may in fact And having one or two glasses of wine a day mayincrease etch them more deeply into your ability to remember, and even help with Alzheimer your consciousness, a new sufferers. study has found. The study at Auckland University was undertaken by Dr Maggie Kalev and Professor Matthew During. The two researchers found moderate levels of alcohol consumption, equivalent to one or two glasses of wine a day, could enhance memory. In contrast, high levels of alcohol decreased the ability of new brain cells to develop and mature. Low levels of alcohol promoted neutral memories, such as remembering objects, said Dr Kalev. However, contrary to popular belief, we also found that excessive levels of alcohol enhanced memories of highly emotional stimuli, meaning the concept of `drinking to forget is unlikely to be true. Our work suggests that heavy drinking actually reinforces negative memories. The study also identified the way low doses of alcohol improved memory. Dr Kalev said a very important brain receptor, called an NMDAreceptor, appeared to be necessary for the process. Testing done on rats showed if they did not have enough NMDA receptors, their memory did not improve when given low alcohol doses. However, rats which did show high numbers of NMDA receptors exhibited memory improvement when given small amounts of