Physiology of aging among healthy, older bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus): Comparisons with aging humans

Journal of Comparative Physiology B: Biochemical, Systemic, and Environmental Physiology

Volumn 181, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 667-680

  Venn Watson, Stephanie ^a   Smith, Cynthia R ^a   Gomez, Forrest ^a   Jensen, Eric D ^b  

^a NATIONAL MARINE MAMMAL FOUNDATION   (United States)

^b LAC+USC Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Chronic inflammation; Dolphin; Hypercholesterolemia; Hyperglobulinemia

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; CREATININE; SERUM GLOBULIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

AGING; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BOTTLENOSE DOLPHIN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOLOGY; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THROMBOCYTE;

AGING; ANIMALS; BLOOD PLATELETS; BLOOD SEDIMENTATION; BOTTLE-NOSED DOLPHIN; CHOLESTEROL; CREATININE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SERUM GLOBULINS; TRIGLYCERIDES;

ANIMALIA; TURSIOPS; TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS;

EID: 79959204095     PISSN: 01741578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00360-011-0549-3     Document Type: Article

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