Uncoupling protein 2 (UCP2) lowers alcohol sensitivity and pain threshold

Biochemical Pharmacology

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 369-374

  Horvath, Balazs ^a   Spies, Claudia ^a   Horvath, Gyongyi ^b   Kox, Wolfgang J ^a   Miyamoto, Suzanne ^c   Barry, Sean ^c   Warden, Craig H ^c   Bechmann, Ingo ^a   Diano, Sabrina ^d   Heemskerk, Jill ^e   Horvath, Tamas L ^d  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

Author keywords

Central nervous system; Ethanol tolerance; Knockout animals; Nociception; Transgenic animals; Uncoupling proteins

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; UNCOUPLING PROTEIN 2;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ALCOHOL TOLERANCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; FEMALE; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PAIN THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TEMPERATURE SENSE; WILD TYPE;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; ANALGESICS; ANIMALS; DRUG TOLERANCE; ETHANOL; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; ION CHANNELS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEINS; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROTEINS; RESPIRATION; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 0036684531     PISSN: 00062952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-2952(02)01167-X     Document Type: Article

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