Diet restriction decreases the membrane microviscosity of cerebellar membranes of old female Wistar rats

Boll Soc Ital Biol Sper. 1990 Oct;66(10):915-20.

Abstract

The microviscosity of cerebellar membranes from female Wistar rats during aging and subsequent to diet restriction has been investigated. Diet restriction was applied feeding the animals on every-other-day schedule starting from the age of 3.5 months. Undernutrition increased the lifespan of the animals and retarded the appearance of the age-dependent increase of microviscosity of cerebellar membranes.

MeSH terms

  • Aging / physiology*
  • Animals
  • Cell Membrane / ultrastructure*
  • Cerebellum / ultrastructure*
  • Female
  • Food Deprivation / physiology*
  • Lipid Peroxidation
  • Membrane Lipids / analysis
  • Oxidation-Reduction
  • Rats
  • Rats, Inbred Strains / physiology*
  • Viscosity

Substances

  • Membrane Lipids