Calorie restriction reduces psychological stress reactivity and its association with brain volume and microstructure in aged rhesus monkeys

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 903-916

  Willette, Auriel A ^a,c,d   Coe, Christopher L ^d,e   Colman, Ricki J ^b   Bendlin, Barbara B ^a,c   Kastman, Erik K ^a,c   Field, Aaron S ^e   Alexander, Andrew L ^d   Allison, David B ^f   Weindruch, Richard H ^a,b   Johnson, Sterling C ^a,b,c  

^a WILLIAM S MIDDLETON MEMORIAL VETERANS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Calorie restriction; Cortisol; Hippocampus; Monkey; Prefrontal cortex; Stress

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

AGED; AGING; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; AVERSION; BRAIN SIZE; CALORIC RESTRICTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MICROMORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHESUS MONKEY; TISSUE DENSITY;

AGING; ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN; CALORIC RESTRICTION; CELL COUNT; DIET; FEMALE; HYDROCORTISONE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84861193734     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: 18733360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2011.10.006     Document Type: Article

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