Skip to main content

Thank you for visiting nature.com. You are using a browser version with limited support for CSS. To obtain the best experience, we recommend you use a more up to date browser (or turn off compatibility mode in Internet Explorer). In the meantime, to ensure continued support, we are displaying the site without styles and JavaScript.

Worms live longer on antidepressant

Nature (2007)Cite this article

Drug boosts the lifespan by mimicking starvation.

Cutting back on calories is a sure way to extend the lifespan of any organism, from yeast to mice. Now it seems that an antidepressant can trick worms' brains into thinking they're on a diet, pushing their fleeting lifespan of three weeks to more than four.

This is a preview of subscription content, access via your institution

Access options

Rent or buy this article

Prices vary by article type

from$1.95

to$39.95

Learn more

Prices may be subject to local taxes which are calculated during checkout

References

  1. [Author]Petrascheck, M.[/Author], et al. [Journal Title]Nature[/Journal Title], [Volume]450[/Volume]. [Pages]553 - 557[/Pages] ([Year]2007[/Year]).

Download references

Authors
  1. Ewen Callaway
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Related links

Related links

Related external links

Linda Buck's bio

Rights and permissions

Reprints and Permissions

About this article

Cite this article

Callaway, E. Worms live longer on antidepressant. Nature (2007). https://doi.org/10.1038/news.2007.276

Download citation

  • Published:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/news.2007.276

Search

Advanced search

Quick links

Nature Briefing

Sign up for the Nature Briefing newsletter — what matters in science, free to your inbox daily.

Get the most important science stories of the day, free in your inbox. Sign up for Nature Briefing