Aging is not a process of wear and tear

Rejuvenation Research

Volumn 13, Issue 2-3, 2010, Pages 322-326

  Mitteldorf, Josh ^a  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; ANTIOXIDANT; DNA; FREE RADICAL; PEROXIDE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; BONE REMODELING; BREATHING; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL REGENERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST; DISEASE COURSE; DNA REPAIR; DYSTHYMIA; ENTROPY; GENE TARGETING; GRAVITY; GROWTH CURVE; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; KNOCKOUT GENE; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIFE EXTENSION; LIFESPAN; MITOCHONDRION; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PARKINSON DISEASE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL STRESS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL BALANCE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SENESCENCE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOMATIC CELL; THERMODYNAMICS; WILD TYPE; WORM;

AGING; ANIMALS; CELL AGING; DISEASE; EVOLUTION; HUMANS; MICE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

ANIMALIA; MUS;

EID: 77952408639     PISSN: 15491684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/rej.2009.0967     Document Type: Review

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