Negligible senescence in the longest living rodent, the naked mole-rat: Insights from a successfully aging species

Journal of Comparative Physiology B: Biochemical, Systemic, and Environmental Physiology

Volumn 178, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 439-445

  Buffenstein, Rochelle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Heterocephalus glaber; Maximum lifespan; Oxidative stress; Reproduction; Slow aging

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

AGING; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; CELL AGING; FEMALE; LONGEVITY; MALE; METABOLISM; MOLE RAT; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW;

AGING; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CELL AGING; FEMALE; LONGEVITY; MALE; MOLE RATS; REPRODUCTION;

ANIMALIA; HETEROCEPHALUS GLABER; MAMMALIA; MUS; RATTUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 42249088900     PISSN: 01741578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00360-007-0237-5     Document Type: Review

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