Ketogenic Diet Reduces Midlife Mortality and Improves Memory in Aging Mice

Cell Metabolism

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 547-557.e8

  Newman, John C ^a,b,c   Covarrubias, Anthony J ^a   Zhao, Minghao ^d   Yu, Xinxing ^b   Gut, Philip ^c   Ng, Che Ping ^a   Huang, Yu ^e   Haldar, Saptarsi ^e   Verdin, Eric ^a,b,c  

^a BUCK INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH ON AGING   (United States)

^b UCSF Division of Geriatrics   (United States)

^c GLADSTONE INSTITUTE OF VIROLOGY AND IMMUNOLOGY   (United States)

^d Division of Global Health RTI International   (United States)

^e GLADSTONE INSTITUTE OF CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE   (United States)

Author keywords

beta hydroxybutyrate; healthspan; ketogenic diet; longevity

Indexed keywords

3 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; FATTY ACID; INSULIN; ISOPROTEIN; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR ALPHA;

AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIET RESTRICTION; FATTY ACID SYNTHESIS; GENE EXPRESSION; KETOGENIC DIET; LIFESPAN; LIPID DIET; LONGEVITY; MALE; MEMORY; MORTALITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SURVIVAL; UPREGULATION; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; LIVER; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

AGING; ANIMALS; DIET, HIGH-FAT; DIET, KETOGENIC; FASTING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; LIVER; MALE; MEMORY; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MORTALITY; PPAR ALPHA;

EID: 85028635240     PISSN: 15504131     EISSN: 19327420     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cmet.2017.08.004     Document Type: Article

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