纪录片《你喝多了吗》 第38期：滥用酒精（在线收听）

It's not just like a neutral thing like having blood pressure taken.

这不像是一般的检查 比如测血压

This could actually be a very important result

这实际上是个非常重要的结果

that could link with the known family history that I have for alcoholism.

关系到我的酗酒家族史

People vary quite a bit in how they react to alcohol

人们对酒精的反应差别很大

both subjectively and in terms of their brain activation.

无论是主观上还是从大脑活动上来说

Let me first show you two extremes.

让我带您看看两个极端

So here's the brain of a person

这是对酒精表现出

who reacted with a very high sense of intoxication.

愉悦兴奋的大脑扫描图

This is basically the critical part of the brain reward circuitry

这是大脑奖励环路的关键部分

of both sides and you can see how powerfully it lights up.

你可以看到它有多亮

That's a clear area of activation.

这块区域明显被激活

Absolutely.

正是如此

So this is one extreme and this person incidentally

所以这是个极端 顺便说一下

was family history positive.

这个人的酗酒家族史是阳性

There were people in his immediate family

他的直系亲属

who had had alcohol use disorders.

肯定有人滥用酒精

Let's look at the person on the other extreme.

让我们看看另一个极端例子

That's easy. There's nothing. Nothing.

很明显 这里什么都没有 没反应

This guy incidentally did not have a family history of alcoholism

而且 这个人的家族史里没有酗酒

and did not report any subjective sense of intoxication.

也没有对酒精的任何正面感觉