Could a deficiency in growth hormone signaling be beneficial to the aging brain?

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 80, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 589-594

  Kinney Forshee, B A ^a,c   Kinney, N E ^b   Steger, R W ^a   Bartke, A ^a  

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

^b SOUTHEAST MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LAKE ERIE COLLEGE OF OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Delayed aging; Growth hormone; Growth hormone deficiency; Knockout mice; Locomotor activity; Open field test; Water maze

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE;

AGED; AGING; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BRAIN; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; GROWTH HORMONE DEFICIENCY; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MAZE TEST; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TIME; WILD TYPE;

EID: 1242292288     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2003.10.018     Document Type: Article

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