Naturally long-lived animal models for the study of slow aging and longevity

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1019, Issue , 2004, Pages 483-485

  Holmes, Donna J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Antiaging; Bats; Birds; Comparative method; Evolution; Naked mole rats

Indexed keywords

FREE RADICAL; GLUCOSE; PENTOSIDINE; TESTOSTERONE;

ADAPTATION; AGING; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL MODEL; APOPTOSIS; BAT; BIRD; CELL REGENERATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; FERTILITY; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOTHALAMUS; LIFESPAN; LONGEVITY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MORTALITY; NATURAL SELECTION; NONHUMAN; OVARY CANCER; OXIDATIVE STRESS; REPRODUCTION; SURVIVAL; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALIA; AVES; HETEROCEPHALUS GLABER; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 3242697788     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1297.088     Document Type: Conference Paper

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