# Heavy drinking in teens causes lasting changes in emotional center of brain

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**Created:** [March 13, 2019, 4:09pm UTC](https://archive.menshealtharchive.com/t/heavy-drinking-in-teens-causes-lasting-changes-in-emotional-center-of-brain/1843 "2019-03-13T16:09:16Z")\
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> **[Heavy drinking in teens causes lasting changes in emotional center of brain](https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/02/190206144521.htm)**
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> Lasting changes in the brain caused by drinking that starts in adolescence are the result of epigenetic changes that alter the expression of a protein crucial for the formation and maintenance of neural connections in the amygdala -- the part of the...

  
Lasting changes in the brain caused by drinking that starts in adolescence are the result of epigenetic changes that alter the expression of a protein crucial for the formation and maintenance of neural connections in the amygdala – the part of the brain involved in emotion, fear and anxiety.