Transplantation of young ovaries to old mice increased life Span in transplant recipients

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 64, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1207-1211

  Mason, Jeffrey B ^a,b   Cargill, Shelley L ^a,c   Anderson, Gary B ^a   Carey, James R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

CBA J; Gonadal manipulation; Life span extension; Ovariectomy; Ovary transplant

Indexed keywords

MUS;

AGE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CBA MOUSE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE MODEL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT SURVIVAL; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LONGEVITY; METHODOLOGY; MOUSE; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; OVARIECTOMY; OVARY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROBABILITY; RANDOMIZATION; REFERENCE VALUE; TRANSPLANTATION;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRAFT SURVIVAL; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LONGEVITY; MICE; MICE, INBRED CBA; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; OVARIECTOMY; OVARY; PROBABILITY; RANDOM ALLOCATION; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 75949103396     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: 1758535X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/glp134     Document Type: Article

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