αMUPA mice: A transgenic model for increased life span

Neurobiology of Aging

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 555-564

  Miskina, Ruth ^a   Masos, Tamar ^a   Yahav, Shlomo ^b   Shinder, Dimitri ^b   Globerson, Amiela ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^b VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

MUPA transgenic mice; Body temperature; Corticosterone; Dietary restriction; Hypothalamus; Longevity; Muscle tremor; uPA; Urokinase type plasminogen activator

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEINASE; UROKINASE;

AGE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; BRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; DIET RESTRICTION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HOMEOSTASIS; HYPOTHALAMUS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INVOLUTION; LEG MUSCLE; LIFESPAN; LONGEVITY; MODEL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; THYMUS; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; TREMOR; ANIMAL; BLOOD; CALORIC INTAKE; ENZYMOLOGY; FEMALE; GENETICS; HINDLIMB; MOUSE STRAIN; PHYSIOLOGY; TRANSGENE;

ANIMALS; BODY TEMPERATURE; BRAIN; CORTICOSTERONE; ENERGY INTAKE; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HINDLIMB; HYPOTHALAMUS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LONGEVITY; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; MICE, TRANSGENIC; PHENOTYPE; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSGENES; TREMOR; URINARY PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

EID: 0033233288     PISSN: 01974580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0197-4580(99)00093-7     Document Type: Article

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