Neuronal inputs and outputs of aging and longevity

Frontiers in Genetics

Volumn 4, Issue MAY, 2013, Pages

  Alcedo, Joy ^a,b   Flatt, Thomas ^c,d,f   Pasyukova, Elena G ^e  

^a FRIEDRICH MIESCHER INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (Switzerland)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Institut fur Populationsgenetik   (Austria)

^d Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin   (Germany)

^e INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR GENETICS   (Russian Federation)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Aging; Brain; Homeostasis; Longevity; Nervous system; Neuroendocrine system

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883523158     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16648021     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2013.00071     Document Type: Article

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