Can growth hormone (GH) accelerate aging? Evidence from GH-transgenic mice

Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 210-216

  Bartke, Andrzej ^a  

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

Author keywords

Aging; Growth hormone; Insulin resistance; Insulin like growth factors; Transgenic mice

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; GROWTH HORMONE; NEUROTRANSMITTER;

AGE; AGING; ASTROCYTOSIS; BODY SIZE; COGNITION; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; GLOMERULOSCLEROSIS; GROWTH HORMONE DEFICIENCY; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE RESISTANCE; HYPOTHALAMUS; HYPOTHESIS; KIDNEY; LIFESPAN; LONGEVITY; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PATHOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

AGING; ANIMALS; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; GROWTH HORMONE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; LONGEVITY; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MODELS, ANIMAL; ORGAN SIZE; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; REPRODUCTION;

EID: 0242490056     PISSN: 00283835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000073704     Document Type: Review

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