Caloric restriction retards age-related changes in rat retina

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 309, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 457-463

  Li, Dayu ^a   Sun, Fang ^a   Wang, Keyang ^a  

^a Coll Phys/Surg of Columbia Univ ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Ascorbic acid; Caloric restriction; Glutathione; Oxidative stress; Rat; Retina; Taurine

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; GLUTATHIONE; TAURINE; THIOL DERIVATIVE;

AGE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALORIC RESTRICTION; CELL DENSITY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RAT; RETINA CELL; RETINA DEGENERATION; SOLUBILIZATION; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

MAMMALIA; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 0042925473     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2003.08.020     Document Type: Article

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