title: [Insects as models in aging research?].
abstract: The multiplicity of different life forms in the world of organisms contrast strikingly with the uniformity of aging mechanisms. For this reason, even insects may be employed as model organisms for aging processes. Ultrastructural changes in aging mitochondria, for example, are also known in insect physiology. Further examples are changes in biochemical rhythms in old age and in the redox state of tissue; the latter may be of importance for an analysis of the efficacy of exogenous antioxidants.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Biologie I (Zoologie), Universität Freiburg/Br.
authors.forename: K G
authors.initials: KG
authors.lastname: Collatz
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D016922:Cellular Senescence / Q000502:physiology*; D004734:Energy Metabolism / Q000502:physiology; D007313:Insecta / Q000502:physiology*; D008954:Models, Biological; D009243:NAD / Q000502:physiology; D017382:Reactive Oxygen Species / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D017382:Reactive Oxygen Species; D009243:NAD
vernacular_title: Insekten als Modelle der Alternsforschung?