Challenges of Biological Aging

Häftad, Engelska, 2000

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Beskrivning

This volume provides the non-biologist an overview of what is known about the physiological bases of aging. The author examines the many basic theories and emerging hypotheses underlying the molecular, cellular, and systemic processes involved in senescence. He addresses the normal physiological changes that characterize the aging phenotype, and also considers the role of many age-associated diseases in growing older. Masoro synthesizes a much-needed "unified theory" of biological aging to which explains how and why the body grows into the condition we call "old." This text is intended for gerontology students in training, as well as for human physiologists interested in gerontology,.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2000-09-05
Mått:152 x 229 x 13 mm
Vikt:327 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:220
Förlag:Springer Publishing Co Inc
ISBN:9780826100825

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Mer om författaren

Edward J. Masoro, PhD, was the chairman of the UTHSCSA Physiology Department for many years. Currently a professor emeritus, has has served as President of the Gerontological Society of America.

Innehållsförteckning

PrefaceAcknowledgmentsAging: A Biological Puzzle The PuzzleMortality RiskAnatomical and Physiological ChangesAge-Associated DiseasesConcept of Biological AgeGeneticsUniversalityDemography and the Societal Challenge Population Mortality DataFactors Determining Population Age StructureSocietal Impact of Changing Age StructureNeed for Biomedical BreakthroughsWhy Aging Occurs Evolutionary BiologyHistory of Evolutionary Theories of AgingCurrent Evolutionary Theory of AgingGenetic Mechanisms in the Evolution of AgingEvidence Supporting the Evolutionary TheoryHow Aging Occurs OverviewTheories, Hypotheses, and ConceptsConclusionsBiological Basis of Aging: A Unifying Concept Evolutionary Theory as a GuideThe Disposable Soma Theory of Aging"Private" and "Public" Proximate Mechanisms of AgingUnifying ConceptThe Human Aging Phenotype Body Structure and CompositionSkinMusculoskeletal SystemNervous SystemCardiovascular SystemRespiratory SystemRenal and Urinary SystemGastrointestinal SystemEndocrine and Metabolic FunctionFemale Reproductive SystemMale Reproductive SystemImmune SystemThermoregulationPossible Interventions to Retard AgingDietary Restriction in RodentsProposed Pharmacological InterventionsLifestyle and Environmental FactorsIndex