No. Alcohol is a depressant. It acts on the central nervous system like an anesthetic to lower the activity of your brain. ChaCha!
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No, Alcohol is actually a depressant, even though it makes you feel good for a while.
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It's a CNS suppressant. Technically, it a toxin that is created by yeast to protect the colony?s feeding territory. The same thing with botulism (different organism), penicillin and many other toxins. Alcohol suppresses CNS activity, g...
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None of these remedies will decrease the effect of alcohol. The body must be allowed time (one hour per average drink) to eliminate the alcohol. Even caffeine, a stimulant in coffee and tea, which is supposed to help the drowsy driver stay alert, cannot make an impaired driver sober.
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Subject: Does alcohol act as both a depressant and a stimulant? ... Date: Mon Apr 5 19:44:06 1999; Posted by Brendon Frank; Grade level: grad (science) School: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory; City: Berkeley State/Province: CA Country: USA; Area of science: Neuroscience;
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This study assessed stimulant-like and sedative-like subjective and behavioral effects of ethanol during the ascending and descending limbs of the blood alcohol curve across a range of doses in nonproblem social drinkers.
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Pretty much everyone with social anxiety knows that alcohol works, unfortunately it isn't a practical cornerstone for the pharmacological treatment of the illness. ... In reply to alcohol and stimulant effect, posted by jonh kimble on November 26, 2002, at 17:55:33 ... alcohol and stimulant effect jonh kimble 11/26/02...
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Because for me alcohol fills me with positivity, energy, self confidence, much improved concentration, mood lift, and I can just focus my mind on what I want to so much better. In short, a miracle drug for all my symptoms. ... alcohol and stimulant effect jonh kimble 11/26/02...
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These findings demonstrate that ethanol is a potent stimulant of developing neuronal circuits, which might contribute to the abnormal hippocampal development associated with fetal alcohol syndrome and alcohol-related neurodevelopmental disorders.
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