PMID- 3778580
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 19870122
LR  - 20041117
IS  - 0883-1386 (Print)
IS  - 0883-1386 (Linking)
VI  - 7
IP  - 2
DP  - 1987
TI  - Heavy drinking decreases plasma met-enkephalin concentrations.
PG  - 93-8
AB  - Plasma met-enkephalin immunoreactive material (ME-IR) concentration was measured 
      in 175 aged subjects (68 males, 107 females). Heavy drinking (1 liter of red or 
      white wine a day, equivalent roughly to greater than 110 g ethanol) was 
      associated with reduced ME-IR concentrations. On the other hand, no correlation 
      was found between plasma ME-IR and other parameters such as blood pressure, age 
      or body weight. These data favor the hypothesis of an involvement of ME-IR in the 
      mechanisms of ethanol action.
FAU - Govoni, S
AU  - Govoni S
FAU - Pasinetti, G
AU  - Pasinetti G
FAU - Bianchi, A
AU  - Bianchi A
FAU - Gadola, M
AU  - Gadola M
FAU - Trabucchi, M
AU  - Trabucchi M
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - United States
TA  - Alcohol Drug Res
JT  - Alcohol and drug research
JID - 8601074
RN  - 58569-55-4 (Enkephalin, Methionine)
SB  - IM
MH  - Aged
MH  - Alcoholism/*blood
MH  - Depression, Chemical
MH  - Enkephalin, Methionine/*blood
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - Sex Factors
EDAT- 1987/01/01 00:00
MHDA- 1987/01/01 00:01
CRDT- 1987/01/01 00:00
PHST- 1987/01/01 00:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 1987/01/01 00:01 [medline]
PHST- 1987/01/01 00:00 [entrez]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Alcohol Drug Res. 1987;7(2):93-8.