Does growth hormone prevent or accelerate aging?

Experimental Gerontology

Volumn 33, Issue 7-8, 1998, Pages 675-687

  Bartke, A ^a   Brown Borg, H M ^b   Bode, A M ^b   Carlson, J ^c   Hunter, W S ^a   Bronson, R T ^d  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^d TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Body temperature; Dwarf mice; Growth hormone; Oxidative damage; Transgenic mice; Tumors

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE;

ACROMEGALY; AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY SIZE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESTROGEN THERAPY; GROWTH ACCELERATION; GROWTH HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASE; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE;

AGING; ANIMALS; DWARFISM; GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS;

EID: 0032447232     PISSN: 05315565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0531-5565(98)00032-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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