Role of inactivity in chronic diseases: evolutionary insight and pathophysiological mechanisms

FW Booth, CK Roberts, JP Thyfault… - Physiological …, 2017 - journals.physiology.org
This review proposes that physical inactivity could be considered a behavior selected by
evolution for resting, and also selected to be reinforcing in life-threatening situations in …

Sex‐specific aging in animals: perspective and future directions

AM Bronikowski, RP Meisel, PR Biga, JR Walters… - Aging …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Sex differences in aging occur in many animal species, and they include sex differences in
lifespan, in the onset and progression of age‐associated decline, and in physiological and …

Genome-wide association analyses of physical activity and sedentary behavior provide insights into underlying mechanisms and roles in disease prevention

Z Wang, A Emmerich, NJ Pillon, T Moore, D Hemerich… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Although physical activity and sedentary behavior are moderately heritable, little is known
about the mechanisms that influence these traits. Combining data for up to 703,901 …

Healthspan Enhancement by Olive Polyphenols in C. elegans Wild Type and Parkinson's Models

G Di Rosa, G Brunetti, M Scuto… - International Journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Parkinson's disease (PD) is the second most prevalent late-age onset neurodegenerative
disorder, affecting 1% of the population after the age of about 60 years old and 4% of those …

The Williams' legacy: A critical reappraisal of his nine predictions about the evolution of senescence

JM Gaillard, JF Lemaître - Evolution, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Williams' evolutionary theory of senescence based on antagonistic pleiotropy has become a
landmark in evolutionary biology, and more recently in biogerontology and evolutionary …

[HTML][HTML] Are we reaching the limits of homo sapiens?

A Marck, J Antero, G Berthelot, G Saulière… - Frontiers in …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Echoing scientific and industrial progress, the Twentieth century was an unprecedented
period of improvement for human capabilities and performances, with a significant increase …

[HTML][HTML] Caenorhabditis elegans as an in vivo model for the identification of natural antioxidants with anti-aging actions

Y Lin, C Lin, Y Cao, Y Chen - Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy, 2023 - Elsevier
Natural antioxidants have recently emerged as a highly exciting and significant topic in anti-
aging research. Diverse organism models present a viable protocol for future research …

Metabolites and novel compounds with anti-microbial or antiaging activities from Cordyceps fumosorosea

J Wei, X Zhou, M Dong, L Yang, C Zhao, R Lu, G Bao… - AMB Express, 2022 - Springer
High-resolution mass spectrometry (HRMS) and nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR)
analysis revealed that there are 20 main components in spores and mycelia extract of …

The relationship between individual phenotype and the division of labour in naked mole-rats: it's complicated

JD Gilbert, SJ Rossiter, CG Faulkes - PeerJ, 2020 - peerj.com
Background The naked mole-rat (Heterocephalus glaber) is among the most social
mammals on the planet, living in eusocial groups of up to 300 individuals that contain a …

Deficits in social behavior precede cognitive decline in middle-aged mice

F Boyer, F Jaouen, EC Ibrahim… - Frontiers in Behavioral …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
An extensive literature details deterioration of multiple brain functions, especially memory
and learning, during aging in humans and in rodents. In contrast, the decline of social …