Prevention of age-related changes in hippocampal levels of 5-methylcytidine by caloric restriction

Neurobiology of Aging

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1672-1681

  Chouliaras, Leonidas ^a   van den Hove, Daniel L A ^a,b   Kenis, Gunter ^a   Keitel, Stella ^a   Hof, Patrick R ^c   van Os, Jim ^a,d   Steinbusch, Harry W M ^a   Schmitz, Christoph ^e   Rutten, Bart P F ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^c MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

5 methylcytidine (5 mC); Aging; Antioxidants; Caloric restriction; DNA methylation; Epigenesis; Epigenetics; Hippocampus; Superoxide dismutase (SOD)

Indexed keywords

5 METHYLCYTIDINE; COPPER ZINC SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; CYTIDINE DERIVATIVE; DNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; CALORIC RESTRICTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DENTATE GYRUS; DNA METHYLATION; FEMALE; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; HIPPOCAMPAL CA1 REGION; HIPPOCAMPAL CA2 REGION; HIPPOCAMPAL CA3 REGION; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WILD TYPE;

AGING; ANIMALS; CALORIC RESTRICTION; CYTIDINE; DNA METHYLATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

EID: 84861894813     PISSN: 01974580     EISSN: 15581497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2011.06.003     Document Type: Article

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