Age-related increase of reactive oxygen generation in the brains of mammals and birds: Is reactive oxygen a signaling molecule to determine the aging process and life span?

Geriatrics and Gerontology International

Volumn 10, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2010, Pages

  Sasaki, Toru ^a   Unno, Keiko ^b   Tahara, Shoichi ^a   Kaneko, Takao ^a  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF GERONTOLOGY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHIZUOKA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aging; Brain; Imaging; Ischemia reperfusion; Reactive oxygen

Indexed keywords

ANTIMYCIN A1; CARBONYL DERIVATIVE; DICHLORODIHYDROFLUORESCEIN DIACETATE; DNA; FREE RADICAL; GLUCOSE; LIPID; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHASE; PROTEIN; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; ROTENONE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; XANTHINE OXIDASE; SUPEROXIDE;

AGING; ANIMAL TISSUE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; BRAIN; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; HYPOXIA; IMAGING SYSTEM; ISCHEMIA; LIFESPAN; MOLECULAR IMAGING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PIGEON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REOXYGENATION; REPERFUSION INJURY; REVIEW; SENESCENCE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TISSUE METABOLISM; TISSUE SLICE; WISTAR RAT; ANIMAL; BIRD; HUMAN; LONGEVITY; LUMINESCENCE; MAMMAL; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

AGING; ANIMALS; BIRDS; BRAIN; CHEMILUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; GLUCOSE; HUMANS; LONGEVITY; MAMMALS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; REPERFUSION INJURY; SUPEROXIDES; LUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS;

EID: 77954675571     PISSN: 14441586     EISSN: 14470594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1447-0594.2010.00601.x     Document Type: Review

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