Low-dose lithium uptake promotes longevity in humans and metazoans

European Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 387-389

  Zarse, Kim ^a   Terao, Takeshi ^b   Tian, Jing ^a   Iwata, Noboru ^c   Ishii, Nobuyoshi ^b   Ristow, Michael ^a,d  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b OITA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c HIROSHIMA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d GERMAN INSTITUTE OF HUMAN NUTRITION   (Germany)

Author keywords

C. elegans; Human; Lithium; Longevity; Mortality; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; LITHIUM; LITHIUM CHLORIDE;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; JAPANESE; LIFESPAN; LONGEVITY; METAZOON; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY;

AGING; ANIMALS; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; COHORT STUDIES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRINKING WATER; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; LITHIUM; LONGEVITY; MODELS, ANIMAL; MORTALITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TRACE ELEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; MAMMALIA; METAZOA; NEMATODA;

EID: 80053577364     PISSN: 14366207     EISSN: 14366215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00394-011-0171-x     Document Type: Article

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