Macronutrient balance, reproductive function, and lifespan in aging mice

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 112, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 3481-3486

  Solon Biet, Samantha M ^a   Walters, Kirsty A ^a   Simanainen, Ulla K ^a   McMahon, Aisling C ^a   Ruohonen, Kari ^b   Ballard, John William O ^c   Raubenheimer, David ^a   Handelsman, David J ^a   Couteur, David G Le ^a   Simpson, Stephen J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b CARGILL INC   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aging; Lifespan; Macronutrients; Nutrition; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CALORIC INTAKE; CARBOHYDRATE DIET; CORPUS LUTEUM; ESTRUS CYCLE; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; LIFESPAN; LONGEVITY; MACRONUTRIENT; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OVULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTAKE; REPRODUCTION; SEX RATIO; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; AGING; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; CYTOLOGY; DIET; DRUG EFFECTS; GERM CELL; OVARY; PHARMACOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

INVERTEBRATA; MAMMALIA; MUS;

CARBOHYDRATE DIET; FAT INTAKE; PROTEIN INTAKE;

AGING; ANIMALS; DIET; DIETARY CARBOHYDRATES; DIETARY FATS; DIETARY PROTEINS; ESTROUS CYCLE; FEMALE; GERM CELLS; LONGEVITY; MALE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; OVARY; REPRODUCTION;

EID: 84925321731     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1422041112     Document Type: Article

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