Men and mice: Relating their ages

Life Sciences

Volumn 152, Issue , 2016, Pages 244-248

  Dutta, Sulagna ^a   Sengupta, Pallav ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA   (India)

^b VIDYASAGAR COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Age; Developmental biology; Human age; Laboratory mice; Mice age; Physiology

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL RAT; HUMAN VERSUS ANIMAL COMPARISON; LIFESPAN; MALE; MOUSE; MURINE MODEL; NONHUMAN; RAT; AGING; ANIMAL; HUMAN; LONGEVITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL MATURATION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

AGING; ANIMALS; HUMANS; LONGEVITY; MICE; SEXUAL MATURATION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84949033387     PISSN: 00243205     EISSN: 18790631     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lfs.2015.10.025     Document Type: Review

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