Short-term fasting induces profound neuronal autophagy (2010) PDF
Summary:
- This was a study of autophagy in mice
- The study shows that autophagy occurs in mice brain cells
- The authors speculate that fasting, perhaps in humans, may induce potentially thereputic neural autophagy
Suppression of basal autophagy in neural cells causes neurodegenerative disease in mice (2006)PDF
Summary:
- This was a study of autophagy in mice
- The study shows that suppression of natural autophagy in mice may lead to neurodegenerative diseases
Fasting enhances growth hormone secretion and amplifies the complex rhythms of growth hormone secretion in man (1988)PDF
Summary:
- This was a study of growth horomone (GH) in adult human males
- The authors conclude that level of nutrition in human had a significant effect on GH levels
Metabolic effects of fasting on human and mouse blood in vivo (2017)PDF
Summary:
- This was a study to measure levels of autophagy in mice and humans
- The authors note in the introduction that autophagy is "uniformly" used to induce an increase in longevity for research purposes
- Supression of autophagy in mice leads to a negation of other "anti-aging ... manipulations"
- The researchers were able to measure noticable increases in autophagy in mice after 48 hrs of fasting
- They also measured similarly significant increases in humans after between 48 and 96 hours of fasting