A Rat Model System to Study Complex Disease Risks, Fitness, Aging, and Longevity

Trends in Cardiovascular Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 29-34

  Koch, Lauren Gerard ^a   Britton, Steven L ^a,b   Wisløff, Ulrik ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; CD36 ANTIGEN; GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; INSULIN; NUCLEAR RECEPTOR NUR77; OXYGEN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; UNCOUPLING PROTEIN 3;

AEROBIC EXERCISE; AEROBIC HYPOTHESIS; AGING; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; CALORIC RESTRICTION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DYSLIPIDEMIA; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; ENDURANCE TRAINING; ENERGY METABOLISM; ENERGY TRANSFER; FITNESS; GENE EXPRESSION; GERIATRICS; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE TRANSPORT; GLUCOSE UTILIZATION; HEART FUNCTION; HEART MUSCLE OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; HYPOTHESIS; INFLAMMATION; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LIFESPAN; LIPID DIET; LIPID METABOLISM; LIVER FIBROSIS; LONGEVITY; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MUSCLE METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE PHOSPHORYLATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREMATURE AGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK; RISK FACTOR; RUNNING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; THERMODYNAMICS; TREADMILL EXERCISE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

AGING; ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; LONGEVITY; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL CONDITIONING, ANIMAL; RATS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84865957973     PISSN: 10501738     EISSN: 18732615     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tcm.2012.06.007     Document Type: Review

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