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Why does alcohol make you slur your speech?
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GABA: Alcohol changes levels of neurotransmitters ; increases effects of inhibitory neurotransmitter GABA in the brain. More GABA means slower brain electrical activity ; thus sluggish movements ; slurred speech. The speech is further slowed because alcohol inhibits the excitatory neurotransmitter glutamate. Lower levels of glutamate slow speech. More inhibitor gaba, less activating gluctamate-slurring!
Answered 8/6/2017
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