Can we develop genetically tractable models to assess healthspan (rather than life span) in animal models?

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 161-163

  Tatar, Marc ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

C. elegans; Drosophila; Functional senescence; Healthspan

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN;

ADAPTATION; AGING; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; DROSOPHILA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXPERIMENTAL MOUSE; FLY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC EPISTASIS; GENETIC MODEL; GENETIC SCREENING; GERIATRICS; GRIP STRENGTH; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTHSPAN; HEART PERFORMANCE; HEREDITY; HOMEOSTASIS; INNATE IMMUNITY; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIFESPAN; LOSS OF FUNCTION MUTATION; MEDICAL EXPERT; MORPHOMETRICS; MORTALITY; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REBOUND; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SENESCENCE; SLEEP; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; SOCIAL ASPECT; SURVIVAL; TRANSGENIC ORGANISM; WORM; AGED; ANIMAL; ANIMAL MODEL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL AGING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FORECASTING; GENETICS; HUMAN; LONGEVITY; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANIMALS; CELL AGING; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; FORECASTING; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LONGEVITY; MODELS, ANIMAL; MODELS, GENETIC; RESEARCH DESIGN; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 64949168686     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/gln067     Document Type: Conference Paper

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