研究：混合饮用能量饮料与酒精或损害青少年大脑功能

很多年轻人都喜欢把能量饮料和酒精混在一起喝，但研究发现，在青春期混合饮用能量饮料和酒精会导致认知能力出现长期问题。

很多年轻人都喜欢把能量饮料和酒精饮料混合在一起喝，然而，研究发现，在青春期混合饮用能量饮料和酒精会损害大脑功能，进而导致认知能力出现长期问题。

Experiments on rats have shown that mixing energy drinks with alcohol can cause long-term problems with cognitive function, adding to concerns over young adults drinking habits.对大鼠的实验显示，混合饮用能量饮料与酒精会导致认知功能的长期问题，这一发现增加了人们对年轻人饮酒习惯的担忧。

The study was carried out by a team from the University of Cagliari and the University of Catania in Italy, and groups of male adolescent rats being given alcohol, energy drinks, or a mixture of both. Various standard experiments were then used to assess cognitive function --including brain scans and behavioral tests – up to 53 days after drinking.这项研究由意大利卡利亚里大学和卡塔尼亚大学的团队开展，研究对象为一组雄性青春期大鼠，分别给予酒精、能量饮料或两者的混合物。随后，研究人员通过脑部扫描和行为测试等标准实验评估大鼠的认知功能，最长持续到饮酒后53天。

These tests revealed that the animals that consumed the mixed drinks showed enduring changes in their ability to learn and remember, as well as changes in the hippocampus part of the brain – the area responsible for learning and memory.这些测试结果显示，饮用混合饮料的大鼠在学习和记忆能力方面表现出持久的变化，大脑中负责学习和记忆的海马区也发生了变化。

"Little is known about whether the combined consumption of these drinks, during adolescence, may have long-term effects on central function, raising the question of the risks of this habit on brain maturation," write the researchers in their published paper.研究人员在其发表的论文中写道：“关于青春期同时饮用这些饮料是否会对中枢功能产生长期影响知之甚少，从而让人们开始好奇这种习惯对大脑发育风险的问题。”