Commentary: Age-related neurodegenerative disease research needs aging models

Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience

Volumn 8, Issue JAN, 2016, Pages

  Wallace, Lindsay M K ^a   Howlett, Susan E ^a,b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aging; Animal models of neurodegenerative disease; Frailty; Frailty index; Translational medical research

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGING; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FRAIL ELDERLY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LONGEVITY; NONHUMAN; NOTE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 84960113368     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16634365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnagi.2016.00009     Document Type: Note

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