The neuroendocrine regulation of Drosophila aging.

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The rate of aging is regulated by hormones in insects and, most likely, in mammals. Mutations of the insulin-signaling pathway extend lifespan in the fruit fly and influence the level of other hormones, specifically juvenile hormone and the sterol ecdysone, each of which may directly influence senescence. With new genetic and genomic tools in Drosophila biology we are now exploring how the neuroendocrine system...

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