Evaluating Health Span in Preclinical Models of Aging and Disease: Guidelines, Challenges, and Opportunities for Geroscience

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 71, Issue 11, 2016, Pages 1395-1406

  Huffman, Derek M ^a   Justice, Jamie N ^b   Stout, Michael B ^c   Kirkland, James L ^c   Barzilai, Nir ^a   Austad, Steven N ^d  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

aging; animal models; Health span; longevity; preclinical studies

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ANIMAL; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISEASE MODEL; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGEVITY; MALE; MOUSE; ORGANIZATION; PHYSIOLOGY;

AGED; AGING; ANIMALS; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONGRESSES AS TOPIC; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGEVITY; MALE; MICE;

EID: 84994424579     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: 1758535X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/glw106     Document Type: Article

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