How does the brain control lifespan?

Ageing Research Reviews

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 155-165

  Mattson, Mark P ^a,b   Duan, Wenzhen ^a   Maswood, Navin ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Akt; Antioxidant; BDNF; Glucose; Insulin; Stress

Indexed keywords

INSULIN; NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR;

AGING; BRAIN FUNCTION; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL SURVIVAL; DIET RESTRICTION; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FLY; GENE IDENTIFICATION; HUMAN; LIFESPAN; MAMMAL; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NERVE CELL; NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WORM; ANIMAL; BRAIN; LONGEVITY;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; NEMATODA; RODENTIA;

AGING; ANIMALS; BRAIN; HUMANS; LONGEVITY;

EID: 0036545980     PISSN: 15681637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1568-1637(01)00003-4     Document Type: Review

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