Influence of physical exercise on aging rats: I. Life-long exercise preserves patterns of spontaneous activity

Mechanisms of Ageing and Development

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 127-139

  Skalicky, Monika ^a   Bubna Littitz, Hermann ^a   Viidik, Andrus ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Aging; Body weight; Motor activity; Open field; Physical training; Rat

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CHOLINERGIC ACTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINERGIC ACTIVITY; EXERCISE; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIFESPAN; MALE; MORTALITY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REST; RUNNING; TIME; TRAINING; TREADMILL EXERCISE;

EID: 0029946101     PISSN: 00476374     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0047-6374(96)01707-1     Document Type: Article

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