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Handbook of the biology of aging /
The Handbook of the Biology of Aging, Sixth Edition, provides a comprehensive overview of the latest research findings in the biology of aging. Intended as a summary for researchers, it is also adopted as a high level textbook for graduate and upper level undergraduate courses. The Sixth Edition is...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Amsterdam ; Boston :
Elsevier Academic Press,
�2006.
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| Edición: | 6th ed. |
| Colección: | Handbooks of aging.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Section I. Conceptual and technical issues. Reliability theory of aging and longevity / Leonid A. Gavrilov and Natalia S. Gavrilova
- Are age-associated diseases an integral part of aging? / Edward J. Masoro
- Dietary restriction, hormesis, and small molecule mimetics / David A. Sinclair and Konrad T. Howitz
- Hematopoietic stem cells, aging, and cancer / Deborah R. Bell and Gary Van Zant
- Mitochondria: a critical role in aging / Tamara R. Golden [and others]
- P53 and mouse aging models / Catherine Gatza [and others]
- Complex genetic architecture of Drosophila longevity / Trudy F.C. Mackay [and others]
- Evolutionary biology of aging: future directions / Daniel E.L. Promislow, Kenneth M. Fedorka, and Joep M.S. Burger
- Senescence in wild populations of mammals and birds / Anja K. Brunet-Rossinni and Steven N. Austad
- Biodemography of aging and age-specific mortality in Drosophila melanogaster / James W. Curtsinger, Natalia S. Gavrilova, and Leonid A. Gavrilov
- Microarray analysis of gene expression changes in aging / F. Noel Hudson [and others]
- Computer modeling in the study of aging / Thomas B.L. Kirkwood [and others]
- Section II. Non-mammalian models. Dissecting the processes of aging using the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans / Samuel T. Henderson, Shane L. Rea, and Thomas E. Johnson
- Genetic manipulation of life span in Drosophila melanogaster / Daniel Ford and John Tower
- Juvenile and steroid hormones in Drosophila melanogaster longevity / Meng-Ping Tu, Thomas Flatt, and Marc Tatar
- A critical evaluation of nonmammalian models for aging research / Steven N. Austad and Andrei Podlutsky
- Section III. Mammalian models. Differential aging among skeletal muscles / Roger J.M. McCarter
- Aging, body fat, and carbohydrate metabolism / Marielisa Rincon, Radhika Muzumdar, and Nir Barzilai
- Growth and aging: why do big dogs die young? / Richard A. Miller and Steven N. Austad
- Growth hormone, insulin-like growth factor-1, and the biology of aging / Christy S. Carter and William E. Sonntag
- Aging of the female reproductive system / Phyllis M. Wise.