Successful aging and sustained good health in the naked mole rat: A long-lived mammalian model for biogerontology and biomedical research

ILAR Journal

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 41-53

  Edrey, Yael H ^a   Hanes, Martha ^a   Pinto, Mario ^b   Mele, James ^c   Buffenstein, Rochelle ^c  

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

^b CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c Mays Cancer Center at UT Health San Antonio   (United States)

Author keywords

Age associated pathology; Aging; Cancer resistance; Ecophysiology; Glucose regulation; Metabolism; Naked mole rat (heterocephalus glaber); Oxidative stress

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; HETEROCEPHALUS GLABER; MAMMALIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 79958036128     PISSN: 10842020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ilar.52.1.41     Document Type: Article

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