Aging as a consequence of intracellular water volume and density

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 982-984

  Bonatto, Diego ^a   Feltes, Bruno César ^b   Poloni, Joice de Faria ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAXIAS DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY WATER; LOW DENSITY WATER; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

ANHYDROBIOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL AGING; CELL DAMAGE; CELL DEATH; CELL METABOLISM; CELL REGENERATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CYTOPLASM; HOMEOSTASIS; MICROENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; WATER CONTENT; YEAST CELL;

AGING; BODY WATER; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; INTRACELLULAR SPACE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 80755140616     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: 15322777     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2011.08.025     Document Type: Article

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