The Fading Electricity Theory of Ageing: The missing biophysical principle?

Ageing Research Reviews

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 58-66

  De Loof, Arnold ^a   De Haes, Wouter ^a   Boerjan, Bart ^a   Schoofs, Liliane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Ageing; Bioelectricity; Evo gero; Optogenetics; ROS; Self electrophoresis

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; AMINO ACID; CALCIUM CHANNEL; CHLORINE; HYDROGEN; ION CHANNEL; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SODIUM CHANNEL; SUGAR;

ACTIN FILAMENT; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANION EXCHANGE; BIOENERGY; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CATION EXCHANGE; CELL DEATH; COGNITION; DEMENTIA; DNA DAMAGE; ELECTROPHORESIS; EPIGENETICS; FADING ELECTRICITY THEORY OF AGEING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENOME IMPRINTING; HUMAN; INTRACELLULAR TRANSPORT; ION TRANSPORT; MENTAL DETERIORATION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; QUEEN (INSECT); RESEARCH; REVIEW; THEORY;

AGING; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BIOPHYSICS; CELL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; EPIGENOMICS; HUMANS; INSECTS; NEURONS; OXIDATIVE STRESS;

EID: 84867350032     PISSN: 15681637     EISSN: 18729649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arr.2012.08.001     Document Type: Review

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