Slow Reaction Time

It is commonly known that people with alcoholic parents have a greater risk of becoming an alcoholic themselves. Having parents that are alcoholics affects the young adult in many ways. The Department of Neurology at Indiana University School of Medicine did a study to see how alcohol effects young adults that have alcoholic parents or parent, and what the effects are on young adults who do not have an alcoholic for a parent. In the study that they ran they tested the right prefrontal cortex to see if adolescents with alcoholic parents have slower reaction times than adolescents who have parents that do not drink.

The study included 40 subjects that drink on a regular basis. Twenty-two of the subjects came from families that did not have issues with alcohol, and 18 of the subjects came from families with a parent who is an alcoholic. Each of the subjects was tested twice. One of the visits they would breathe in alcohol, and the second visit they would breathe in saline; the subjects thought they were only breathing in alcohol. When the subjects would breathe in the alcohol, their brain would be monitored during this process. The study proved that the group with an alcoholic parent had a slower reaction time, and their prefrontal cortex was less active. Also, the alcohol affected them more. However, the group with parents who were not alcoholics were not as inhibited or as affected by the alcohol. Another thing that the study proved is that the group of subjects who have an alcoholic parent are more likely to abuse drugs throughout their life. This study shows people how much alcohol affects people. Parents that are alcoholics affect their children in so many ways that they probably do not even realize. 
http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00213-013-3038-4