Methusaleh's Zoo: How Nature provides us with Clues for Extending Human Health Span

Journal of Comparative Pathology

Volumn 142, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2010, Pages

  Austad, S N ^a  

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

Author keywords

ageing; animal model; life span

Indexed keywords

AGING; BAT; BODY SIZE; CELL AGING; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; GENOME; HUMAN; HUMAN VERSUS ANIMAL COMPARISON; HYPOTHESIS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIFESPAN; LONGEVITY; METABOLIC RATE; MOLE RAT; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STABILITY; REVIEW; SPECIES COMPARISON;

AGING; ANIMALS; BASAL METABOLISM; CELL AGING; CHIROPTERA; ENERGY METABOLISM; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LONGEVITY; MOLE RATS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALIA; BALAENIDAE; HETEROCEPHALUS GLABER; MAMMALIA;

EID: 73249135184     PISSN: 00219975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcpa.2009.10.024     Document Type: Review

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