Dietary restriction in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans

Interdisciplinary Topics in Gerontology

Volumn 35, Issue , 2007, Pages 98-114

  Houthoofd, K ^a,b   Gems, D ^b   Johnson, T ^c   Vanfleteren, J ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SOMATOMEDIN C;

AGING; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BASAL METABOLIC RATE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CALORIC RESTRICTION; MENTAL STRESS; METABOLISM; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

AGING; ANIMALS; BASAL METABOLISM; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CALORIC RESTRICTION; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR I; OXIDATIVE STRESS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 34248662905     PISSN: 00741132     EISSN: 16623800     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1159/000096558     Document Type: Review

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