Chronic stress elevates telomerase activity in rats

Biology Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1063-1066

  Beery, Annaliese K ^a,b   Lin, Jue ^a   Biddle, Joshua S ^b   Francis, Darlene D ^b   Blackburn, Elizabeth H ^a   Epel, Elissa S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ageing; Chronic stress; Resilience; Telomerase; Telomere

Indexed keywords

AGING; CHROMOSOME; ENZYME ACTIVITY; RODENT; SENESCENCE;

EID: 84869775408     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2012.0747     Document Type: Article

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