Resveratrol abrogates alcohol-induced cognitive deficits by attenuating oxidative-nitrosative stress and inflammatory cascade in the adult rat brain

► Ethanol-exposed rats showed significant cognitive deficits. ► Cognitive deficits was coupled with enhanced oxidative-nitrosative stress, cytokines, NF-kappa β and caspase-3 levels. ► Coadministration with resveratrol significantly prevented all the behavioral, biochemical and molecular deficits.