Reduced free-radical production and extreme longevity in the little brown bat (Myotis lucifugus) versus two non-flying mammals

Mechanisms of Ageing and Development

Volumn 125, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 11-20

  Brunet Rossinni, Anja K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bats; Blarina brevicauda; Free radical theory; Longevity; Myotis lucifugus; Oxidative stress; Peromyscus leucopus

Indexed keywords

FREE RADICAL; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

AGING; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BAT; BRAIN TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HEART; INSECTIVORE; KIDNEY PARENCHYMA; LIFESPAN; LONGEVITY; MALE; MAMMAL; MITOCHONDRIAL RESPIRATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES COMPARISON;

AVES; BLARINA; BLARINA BREVICAUDA; MAMMALIA; MYOTIS; MYOTIS LUCIFUGUS; PEROMYSCUS; PEROMYSCUS LEUCOPUS;

EID: 0347359103     PISSN: 00476374     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mad.2003.09.003     Document Type: Article

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