英国科学家新近发现,一个名为HCN2的基因与神经性疼痛有关,这可能有助于开发更为有效的止痛药,缓解神经性的慢性疾病。剑桥大学药理学系教授彼得.迈克诺顿等人在新一期美国《科学》杂志上报告说,他们对小鼠进行基因改造,使其痛觉神经里缺少HCN2基因,然后对小鼠施加不同的刺激,通过观察它们作出反应时间,判断其对疼痛的感觉。 British scientists have recently discovered that a gene called HCN2 is associated with neuropathic pain, which may help develop more effective analgesics and relieve neurological chronic diseases. In a new issue of the journal Science, Peter McNaughton, a professor of pharmacology at Cambridge University, reported that they genetically engineered mice to lack HCN2 in their painful nerves and then administered different stimuli to the mice , By observing them to make the reaction time, to determine its feeling of pain.