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Our study confirms that chronic alcoholics lose white matter,and this could provide the basis for their functional impairment.However,the results also suggest that the observed brain damage in the alcoholic group is potentially reversible since preserved nerve-cell bodies might allow lost or malfunctioning axons to be re-established and restored to function after prolonged abstinence and/or treatment.By contrast,lost neocortical neurons cannot be replaced. |
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