The marmoset as a model of aging and age-related diseases

ILAR Journal

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 54-65

  Tardif, Suzette D ^a   Mansfield, Keith G ^b   Ratnam, Rama ^c   Ross, Corinna N ^d   Ziegler, Toni E ^e  

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

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^d Barshop Institute for Longevity   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging research; Hearing loss; Marmoset (callithrix jacchus); Neurodegeneration; Nonhuman primate (NHP); Obesity

Indexed keywords

CALLITHRIX JACCHUS; MARMOSETS; PRIMATES; SIMIIFORMES;

EID: 79958044647     PISSN: 10842020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ilar.52.1.54     Document Type: Article

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