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From the Ted Talk by Shannon Odell: How does alcohol cause blackouts?

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Yet studies suggest that ethanol has a unique ability to disrupt LTP, blocking the pshyacil changes needed for memory formation. So, while moment-to-moment irnaofotmin is encoded and udsrotnoed, the storage of that information is blunted, resulting in a blackout.

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Yet studies suggest that ethanol has a unique ability to disrupt LTP, blocking the ________ changes needed for memory formation. So, while moment-to-moment ___________ is encoded and __________, the storage of that information is blunted, resulting in a blackout.

Of course, not all levels of drinking ______ in _________. They happen when the concentration of alcohol in the blood, or BAC, exceeds a certain level, approximately 0.16. But there’s no magic number. At slightly lower BACs, brownouts, or the spotty ______ of events, can _____, as some neurons continue to function properly while others fail. And drinking too much can cause a person to pass out altogether.

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  1. information
  2. understood
  3. blackouts
  4. memory
  5. result
  6. physical
  7. occur

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Yet studies suggest that ethanol has a unique ability to disrupt LTP, blocking the physical changes needed for memory formation. So, while moment-to-moment information is encoded and understood, the storage of that information is blunted, resulting in a blackout.

Of course, not all levels of drinking result in blackouts. They happen when the concentration of alcohol in the blood, or BAC, exceeds a certain level, approximately 0.16. But there’s no magic number. At slightly lower BACs, brownouts, or the spotty memory of events, can occur, as some neurons continue to function properly while others fail. And drinking too much can cause a person to pass out altogether.

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