Extensively revised and updated to reflect the current state of knowledge in the study of aging, this Fourth Edition offers a complete profile of the aging process at all levels, from molecules and cells to demography and evolution. Written by international experts in current basic and clinical aging research, this text includes aspects of individual, comparative, and differential aging, and discussions of theories and mechanisms of aging. This invaluable reference illustrates how bodily systems, organs, and functions are affected with aging, describes how genetic and environmental factors influence age-related changes, and addresses some of the clinical consequences of these changes for health and longevity. Well illustrated, with numerous tables and graphs, this book presents up-to-date information from internationally renowned experts in various bio-medical fields.
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Physiological Basis of Aging and Geriatrics
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Table of contents
- Front cover
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Contents
- Contributors
- Part I: General Perspectives
- Chapter 1. Old Age as a Stage of Life: Common Terms Related to Aging and Methods Used to Study Aging
- Chapter 2. Human Longevity in Historical Perspective
- Chapter 3. Comparative Aging, Geriatric Functional Assessment, Aging and Disease
- Chapter 4. Cellular Senscence, Cell Death, and Transgenic Mouse Models of Aging
- Chapter 5. Theories of Life Span and Aging
- Part II: Systemic and Organismic Aging
- Chapter 6. The Nervous System: Structural, Biochemical, Metabolic, and Circulatory Changes
- Chapter 7. The Nervous System: Functional Changes with Aging
- Chapter 8. Sensory Systems: Normal Aging, Disorders, and Treatments of Vision and Hearing in Humans
- Chapter 9. The Adrenals and Pituitary-Stress, Adaptation, and Longevity
- Chapter 10. Female Reproductive Aging and Menopause
- Chapter 11. The Ensemble Male Hypothalamo-Pituitary-Gonadal Axis
- Chapter 12. The Thyroid, Parathyroid, and Pineal Glands
- Chapter 13. The Endocrine Pancreas, Obesity, and Diffuse Endocrine and Chemical Mediators
- Chapter 14. The Immune System
- Chapter 15. Cardiovascular Alterations with Aging: Atherosclerosis and Coronary Heart Disease
- Chapter 16. Lipids, Lipoproteins, and Atherosclerosis
- Chapter 17. The Pulmonary Respiration, Hematopoiesis, and Erythrocytes
- Chapter 18. The Kidney, Lower Urinary Tract, Body Fluids, and the Prostate
- Chapter 19. The Gastrointestinal Tract and the Liver
- Chapter 20. The Skeleton, Joints, and Skeletal and Cardiac Muscles
- Chapter 21. The Skin
- Part III: Prevention and Rehabilitation
- Chapter 22. Pharmacology and Drug Management in the Elderly
- Chapter 23. Healthful Aging: Nutrition and Experimental Strategies in Dietary Restriction
- Chapter 24. Benefits of Physical Exercise
- Chapter 25. Regenerative Perspectives and Assistive Technologies
- Index
- Back cover
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