Use of transgenics, null mutants, and antisense approaches to study ethanol's actions.
Behavioral and biochemical responses mediating ethanol's actions have been difficult to study in humans and animals because of their complex polygenic nature. Recent progress in the creation of new animal models using recombinant DNA technology has provided a set of genetic tools by which the role of specific candidate genes in ethanol's actions can be examined. These techniques include the creation of transgenic and null mutant mice, as well as manipulation of protein synthesis with antisense treatments. These techniques are reviewed, and their potential applications to alcohol research are discussed.
D000430:Alcohol Withdrawal Delirium / Q000235:genetics; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000235:genetics*; D000818:Animals; D016373:DNA, Antisense; D004274:DNA, Recombinant; D004361:Drug Tolerance / Q000235:genetics; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D018345:Mice, Knockout / Q000235:genetics*; D008822:Mice, Transgenic / Q000235:genetics*; D008957:Models, Genetic; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D010641:Phenotype
D016373:DNA, Antisense; D004274:DNA, Recombinant; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins