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Dr. Andrew Huberman
Neuroscientist and tenured professor of neurobiology and ophthalmology at Stanford School of Medicine
Neuroscience • neurobiology of behavior • brain-body connection • stress • and human performance
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Focus: Neuroscience and science-based tools for human performance and health
Andrew Huberman, Ph.D. is a tenured professor of neurobiology and ophthalmology at Stanford School of Medicine. He hosts the Huberman Lab podcast, which translates neuroscience research into practical tools for health and performance. His laboratory studies neural circuits related to vision, stress, fear, and behavioral change.
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What Alcohol Does to Your Body, Brain & Health
Andrew Huberman examines alcohol's systemic effects through neuroscience, from how acetaldehyde (alcohol's first metabolite) is thought to account for much of its cellular toxicity, to how large population studies associate even moderate drinking with measurable structural brain differences and disruption of the gut-liver-brain axis. The episode covers hangover mechanisms, hormonal disruption through increased aromatization, cancer risk through multiple mechanisms including DNA methylation changes, alcohol's effects on sleep architecture, and practical evidence-based harm-reduction strategies for drinkers attempting to reduce intake.