Strain, stress, neurodegeneration and longevity

Mechanisms of Ageing and Development

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 1995, Pages 75-83

  Gilad, Gad M ^a   Gilad, Varda H ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Aging; Inbred rodent strains; Life span; Neurotransmitter systems; Stress hormones; Stress reactivity

Indexed keywords

AGING; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN DEGENERATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INBRED STRAIN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LONGEVITY; NERVE DEGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REVIEW; STRESS;

AGING; ANIMAL; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CHOLINERGIC FIBERS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HUMAN; LONGEVITY; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEURONS; PROSENCEPHALON; RATS; RATS, INBRED WKY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

RODENTIA;

EID: 0028903557     PISSN: 00476374     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0047-6374(94)01529-U     Document Type: Review

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