Handbook of the biology of aging / edited by Matt R. Kaeberlein and George M. Martin.

Other author Kaeberlein, Matt, 1971-
Other author Martin, George M., 1927-
Format Electronic
EditionEighth edition.
Publication InfoAmsterdam : Elsevier/Academic Press, 2016.
Descriptionxvi, 559 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Supplemental ContentFull text available from eBook - Psychology 2015 [EBCP15]
Subjects

Portion of title Biology of aging
SeriesThe handbooks of aging
Handbooks of aging. ^A4915
Contents BASIC MECHANISMS OF AGING : MODELS AND SYSTEMS. Longevity as a complex genetic trait / George L. Sutphin and Ron Korstanje -- The mTOR pathway and aging / Katherine H. Schreiber, Monique N. O'Leary, and Brian K. Kennedy -- Sirtuins, healthspan, and longevity in mammals / William Giblin and David B. Lombard -- The hypoxic response and aging / Scott F. Leiser, Hillary A. Miller, and Matt Kaeberlein -- The role of neurosensory systems in the modulation of aging / Michael J. Waterson and Scott D. Pletcher -- The naked mole-rat : a resilient rodent model of aging, longevity, and healthspan / Kaitlyn N. Lewis and Rochelle Buffenstein -- Contributions of telomere biology to human age-related disease / Ting-Lin B. Yang, Shufei Song, and F. Brad Johnson -- Systems approaches to understanding aging / Lei Hou, et al. -- Integrative genomics of aging / Joao Pedro De Magalhaes and Robi Tacutu -- NIA interventions testing program : a collaborative approach for investigating interventions to promote healthy aging / Nancy L. Nadon, et al. -- Comparative biology of aging : insights from long-lived rodent species / Michael Van Meter, Vera Gorbunova, and Andrei Seluanov -- THE PATHOBIOLOGY OF HUMAN AGING. Genetics of human aging / Miook Cho and Yousin Suh -- The aging arterial wall / Mingyi Wang, Robert E. Monticone, and Edward G. Lakatta -- Age-related alterations in neural plasticity / Shannon J. Moore and Geoffrey G. Murphy -- The aging immune system : dysregulation, compensatory mechanisms, and prospects for intervention / Ludmila Muller and Graham Pawelec -- Vascular disease in Hutchinson Gilford Progeria Syndrome and aging : common phenotypes and potential mechanisms / Ingrid A. Harten, Michelle Olive, and Thomas N. Wight -- Cardiac aging / Dao-Fu Dai, et al. -- Current status of research on trends in morbidity, healthy life expectancy, and the compression of morbidity / Eileen M. Crimmins and Morgan E. Levine -- On the compression of morbidity : from 1980 to 2015 and beyond / James F. Fries.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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