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Age affects the metabolic rate of insect brain.
Manfred KernGerhard Wegenersubject
AgingRespiratory rateLife spanEcologymedia_common.quotation_subjectDipterafungiBrainAge dependentInsectBiologyOxygen uptakeIn vitroCell biologyMitochondriaMitochondrial structureOxygen ConsumptionAnimalsFemalesense organsDevelopmental Biologymedia_commondescription
Abstract Brains of adult insects can be isolated and studied vitro. In female blowflies the oxygen uptake of the brain is age dependent. A steady increase is followed by a precipitous decrease around the middle of the life span. These changes are accompanied by alterations of mitochondrial structure and deposits of lipofuscin-like material.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1984-12-01 | Mechanisms of ageing and development |