HORMESIS: A fundamental concept with widespread biological and biomedical applications

Gerontology

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 530-535

  Calabrese, Edward J ^a   Dhawan, Gaurav ^a   Kapoor, Rachna ^b   Iavicoli, Ivo ^c   Calabrese, Vittorio ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b SAINT BARNABAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adaptive response; Aging; Biological plasticity; Biphasic dose; Dose response; Hormesis; Hormetic dose; Preconditioning

Indexed keywords

AGING; DEATH; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; HORMESIS; HUMAN; LIFE; LONGEVITY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ADAPTATION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; HOMEOSTASIS; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; AGING; HOMEOSTASIS; HORMESIS; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84946763527     PISSN: 0304324X     EISSN: 14230003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000441520     Document Type: Review

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