Nutrition and energetics in rodent longevity research

Experimental Gerontology

Volumn 86, Issue , 2016, Pages 90-96

  Gibbs, Victoria K ^a,b   Smith, Daniel L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbohydrate; Dietary restriction; Longevity; Macronutrients; Protein; Thermogenesis

Indexed keywords

ACARBOSE; METFORMIN; RAPAMYCIN; TARGET OF RAPAMYCIN KINASE; UNCOUPLING PROTEIN 1; CARBOHYDRATE DIET; PROTEIN INTAKE;

AGING; ANIMAL HOUSING; ARTICLE; CALORIC INTAKE; CANCER RISK; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIET RESTRICTION; DWARF MOUSE; ENERGY TRANSFER; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMAN; HYPERMETABOLISM; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LIFE EXTENSION; LONGEVITY; MACRONUTRIENT; NONHUMAN; NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN RESTRICTION; THERMOGENESIS; THERMOREGULATION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; CALORIC RESTRICTION; CARBOHYDRATE DIET; DIET; FEMALE; FOOD; MALE; MOUSE; PHARMACOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PROTEIN INTAKE; RAT; TEMPERATURE;

AGING; ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; ANIMALS; CALORIC RESTRICTION; DIET; DIETARY CARBOHYDRATES; DIETARY PROTEINS; ENERGY INTAKE; FEMALE; FOOD; LONGEVITY; MALE; MICE; RATS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84964241056     PISSN: 05315565     EISSN: 18736815     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exger.2016.04.004     Document Type: Article

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