Smaller organ mass with greater age, except for heart
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Smaller organ mass with greater age, except for heart.
Autopsy/cadaver data indicate that many organs and tissues are smaller in the elderly compared with young adults; however, in vivo data are lacking. The aim of this study was to determine whether the mass of specific high-metabolic-rate organs is different with increasing age, using MRI. Seventy-five healthy women (41 African-Americans and 34 Caucasians, age range 19-88 yr) and 36 men (8 Africa...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Applied Physiology
سال: 2009
ISSN: 8750-7587,1522-1601
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.90454.2008