Article
Dietary restriction and aging.
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society - 1 Sept 1993
Masoro E J
Abstract excerpt
The diet-restricted rodent model has been and is a major tool in experimental biogerontology. A spectrum of findings indicates that dietary restriction retards the aging processes of mice and rats, the most salient of which is the increase in mortality rate doubling time. It also maintains many p...
Topics
- Age Factors
- Aging
- Animals
- Blood Glucose
- Circadian Rhythm
- Corticosterone
- Diet, Reducing
- Disease Models, Animal
- Energy Intake
- Energy Metabolism
- Female
- Longevity
- Male
- Mice
- Mortality
- Oxidants
- Phenotype
- Rats