Neuroendocrine features in extreme longevity

Experimental Gerontology

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 88-94

  Ferrari, E ^a   Cravello, L ^a   Falvo, F ^a   Barili, L ^a   Solerte, S B ^a   Fioravanti, M ^a   Magri, F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b IRCCS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Centenarians; Cortisol; DHEA S; Melatonin; Thyroid hormones; TSH

Indexed keywords

6 HYDROXYMELATONIN O SULFATE; HYDROCORTISONE; LIOTHYRONINE; MELATONIN; PRASTERONE SULFATE; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE DEIODINASE;

ADRENAL GLAND; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CREATININE CLEARANCE; EVALUATION; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYDROCORTISONE URINE LEVEL; LONGEVITY; NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY; NEUROTOXICITY; PINEAL BODY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; THYROID GLAND; URINARY EXCRETION;

ADRENAL GLANDS; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HORMONES; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; LONGEVITY; MALE; MELATONIN; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSECRETORY SYSTEMS; PINEAL GLAND; THYROID GLAND; THYROID HORMONES;

EID: 38149111929     PISSN: 05315565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exger.2007.06.010     Document Type: Article

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