Antioxidants do not explain the disparate longevity between mice and the longest-living rodent, the naked mole-rat

Mechanisms of Ageing and Development

Volumn 126, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1206-1212

  Andziak, Blazej ^a,b   O'Connor, Timothy P ^c   Buffenstein, Rochelle ^a,b  

^a CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Longevity; Mice; Naked mole rats

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; CATALASE; COPPER ZINC SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; MANGANESE SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; LIVER; LONGEVITY; MALE; MOLE RAT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RAT STRAIN; RODENT; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; CATALASE; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGERS; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; ISOENZYMES; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIVER; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MOLE RATS; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ANIMALIA; HETEROCEPHALUS GLABER; RODENTIA;

EID: 25144510360     PISSN: 00476374     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mad.2005.06.009     Document Type: Article

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