Transgenic mice overexpressing urokinase-type plasminogen activator in the brain exhibit reduced food consumption, body weight and size, and increased longevity

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 1997, Pages

  Miskin, Ruth ^a   Masos, Tamar ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; UROKINASE;

AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BIRTH RATE; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOOD INTAKE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; LONGEVITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; WEANING;

EID: 0031003513     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/52A.2.B118     Document Type: Article

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