Sustained high levels of neuregulin-1 in the longest-lived rodents; A key determinant of rodent longevity

Aging Cell

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 213-222

  Edrey, Yael H ^a,b   Casper, Diana ^c   Huchon, Dorothee ^d,e   Mele, James ^b   Gelfond, Jonathan A ^b   Kristan, Deborah M ^f   Nevo, Eviatar ^g   Buffenstein, Rochelle ^a,b  

^a CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK   (United States)

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

^c ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^e NATIONAL EVOLUTIONARY SYNTHESIS CENTER   (United States)

^f CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Aging; Cerebellum; ErbB4; HIF1 ; Maximum lifespan; Naked mole rat; Neuregulin 1; Neurotrophic factors; Spalax

Indexed keywords

EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 4; EPITOPE; HYPOXIA INDUCIBLE FACTOR 1ALPHA; NEU DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR;

ADULTHOOD; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; LIFESPAN; LONGEVITY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; HUMANS; LONGEVITY; MOLE RATS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEUREGULIN-1; PHYLOGENY; RECEPTOR, EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

HETEROCEPHALUS GLABER; MUS; RODENTIA; SPALAX;

EID: 84858336128     PISSN: 14749718     EISSN: 14749726     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-9726.2011.00772.x     Document Type: Article

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