Complex systems dynamics in aging: new evidence, continuing questions

Biogerontology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 205-220

  Cohen, Alan A ^a  

^a CENTRE HOSPITALIER UNIVERSITAIRE DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aging; Emergent property; Physiological dysregulation; Principal components analysis; Statistical distance; Systems biology

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADAPTATION; AGING; BIOINFORMATICS; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIMULATION; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; UPREGULATION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; METABOLOME; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

AGING; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; METABOLOME; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY;

EID: 84955344859     PISSN: 13895729     EISSN: 15736768     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10522-015-9584-x     Document Type: Review

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