Study of the life span of a strain of cataractous rats

A. Léonard; GH Deknudt; G. Mattelin

doi:10.1016/0531-5565(71)90011-8

Study of the life span of a strain of cataractous rats

A. Léonard, GH Deknudt, G. Mattelin

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Abstract

The survival of cataractous male and female rats was compared to the life span of normal rats from the same strain. A postmortem examination was carried out to establish the incidence of diseases at the time of spontaneous death. The observations show that the cat_g1/cat_g1 male and female animals live significantly longer than the corresponding +/+ rats but that no difference exists in the incidence rate of each cause of death. It is possible that this increase in the life span of the cataractous rats is to be related to the fact they show a lower sensitivity to the stresses from the environment because they are blind.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	293-294,in1-in2,295-296
Journal	Experimental Gerontology
Volume	6
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/0531-5565(71)90011-8
State	Published - Aug 1971

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Biochemistry
Ageing
Molecular Biology
Genetics
Endocrinology
Cell Biology

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