Retardation of the age-associated decline of immune functions in aging rats under dietary restriction and daily physical exercise

Mechanisms of Ageing and Development

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 219-228

  Utsuyama, Masanori ^a   Ichikawa, Mineko ^b   Konno Shirakawa, Aiko ^b   Fujita, Yoshiaki ^b   Hirokawa, K ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF GERONTOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aging; Dietary restriction; Immune function; Physical exercise

Indexed keywords

MITOGENIC AGENT;

AGING; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; EXERCISE; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; T LYMPHOCYTE;

AGING; ANIMALS; B-LYMPHOCYTES; BODY WEIGHT; CELL DIVISION; CELLS, CULTURED; DIET; EXERTION; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SPLEEN; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 0030582542     PISSN: 00476374     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0047-6374(96)01792-7     Document Type: Article

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