UCP2 and UCP4, members of the UCP family are neuroprotective by reducing the formation of ROS and are implicated in neurodegeneration and brain injury (Normoyle et al., 2015), AD (Wu et al., 2010) and PD (Andrews et al., 2005; Ho et al., 2012; Peixoto et al., 2013). The gene discussed is UCP2; the disease is Alzheimer disease.