Using Drosophila melanogaster to study the positive effects of mild stress on aging

Experimental Gerontology

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 345-348

  Le Bourg, Éric ^a  

^a Université Paul Sabatier   (France)

Author keywords

Aging; Behavioral aging; Drosophila melanogaster; Hormesis; Longevity; Mild stress; Stress resistance

Indexed keywords

AGING; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; COLD EXPOSURE; COLD STRESS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; GRAVITY; HEART FAILURE; HEART STRESS; HEAT SHOCK; HEAT STRESS; INFECTION RESISTANCE; INVERTEBRATE; IRRADIATION; LONGEVITY; MAMMAL; MYCOSIS; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS; SURVIVAL TIME;

AGING; ANIMALS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MODELS, ANIMAL; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; INVERTEBRATA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 79954628440     PISSN: 05315565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exger.2010.08.003     Document Type: Article

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