The mouse as a model organism in aging research: Usefulness, pitfalls and possibilities

Ageing Research Reviews

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 8-21

  Vanhooren, Valerie ^a,b   Libert, Claude ^a,b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PLANT SYSTEMS BIOLOGY   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Aging; Caloric restriction; Compounds; Genetic linkage; Genetic modifications; Mouse models

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; FOLLITROPIN; GLUCOSE; INSULIN; LEPTIN; METHIONINE; NORDIHYDROGUAIARETIC ACID; PROLACTIN; RAPAMYCIN; RESVERATROL;

AGING; CALORIC INTAKE; CALORIC RESTRICTION; CATARACT; CELL FUNCTION; CELL SURVIVAL; CHROMOSOME 10; CHROMOSOME 8; DIET RESTRICTION; DNA MODIFICATION; DNA REPAIR; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE MAPPING; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSECTOMY; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIFESPAN; MALNUTRITION; MORTALITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

AGING; ANIMALS; CALORIC RESTRICTION; CROSSES, GENETIC; HUMANS; HYPOPHYSECTOMY; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LONGEVITY; METHIONINE; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, GENETIC; REFERENCE VALUES; RESEARCH;

MAMMALIA; MUS;

EID: 84867464279     PISSN: 15681637     EISSN: 18729649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arr.2012.03.010     Document Type: Review

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