Effects of mild calorie restriction on reproduction, plasma parameters and hepatic gene expression in mice with altered GH/IGF-I axis

Mechanisms of Ageing and Development

Volumn 128, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 317-331

  Rocha, Juliana S ^a,b   Bonkowski, Michael S ^b   de França, Luiz R ^a   Bartke, Andrzej ^b  

^a Campus Pampulha   (Brazil)

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

Author keywords

Calorie restriction; Growth hormone; Mutant mice; Plasma parameters; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; GLUCOSE; GROWTH HORMONE; INSULIN; PROGESTERONE; SOMATOMEDIN C; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; BODY WEIGHT; CALORIC RESTRICTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LIVER; LONGEVITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; REPRODUCTION; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

ANIMALS; CALORIC RESTRICTION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GROWTH HORMONE; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR I; LIVER; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C3H; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; MICE, TRANSGENIC; REPRODUCTION;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; MUS;

EID: 34247100654     PISSN: 00476374     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mad.2007.02.001     Document Type: Article

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