Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: The study of aging and age-related diseases has traditionally focused on short-lived laboratory species such as mice. The common degu (Octodon degus) is a long-lived rodent species native to Chile that naturally develops neuropathology and behavioral deficits characteristic of Alzheimer’s disease together with other comorbidities associated with aging. These characteristics make the degu a useful model to gain insights into the interaction of aging and neurodegeneration.
Source: Lab Animal
Language: English
Subfield: Physiology
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
Estimated APC paid: $5,390
OpenAlex ID: W4413495344