An antidepressant that extends lifespan in adult Caenorhabditis elegans

Nature

Volumn 450, Issue 7169, 2007, Pages 553-556

  Petrascheck, Michael ^a   Ye, Xiaolan ^a   Buck, Linda B ^a  

^a HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; CYPROHEPTADINE; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; METITEPINE; MIANSERIN; MIRTAZAPINE; NEUROTRANSMITTER; SEROTONIN;

AGING; DIET; DRUG; LONGEVITY; MUTATION; NEMATODE; ORGANIC NITROGEN COMPOUND; STARVATION;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DIET RESTRICTION; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; HUMAN; LIFESPAN; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; NEMATODA;

EID: 36549006956     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature05991     Document Type: Article

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