Hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal axis homeostasis predicts longevity

Age

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 129-138

  Yonker, James A ^a   Chang, Vicky ^a   Roetker, Nicholas S ^a   Hauser, Taissa S ^a   Hauser, Robert M ^a   Atwood, Craig S ^b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b WILLIAM S MIDDLETON MEMORIAL VETERANS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Births; Endocrine dyscrasia; Hormone; Hormone replacement therapy; Hypothalamic pituitary gonadal axis; Life expectancy; Longevity; Menopause; Mortality; Oophorectomy; Ovarian lifespan; Reproduction; Survival probabilities; Wisconsin Longitudinal Study

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIRTH; BODY MASS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HOMEOSTASIS; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS GONAD SYSTEM; LIFESPAN; LONGEVITY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MENOPAUSE; MORTALITY; OVARIECTOMY; OVARY; PREDICTION; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REPRODUCTION; SMOKING; SURVIVAL; UROGENITAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS; LONGEVITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PITUITARY GLAND; REPRODUCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84872612053     PISSN: 01619152     EISSN: 15744647     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11357-011-9342-1     Document Type: Article

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