Physiological basis of aging and geriatrics

✍ Scribed by Timiras, Paola S(Editor)

• Publisher: CRC Press; Informa Healthcare
• Year: 2007
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 426
• Edition: 4th ed
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

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 individu

✦ Table of Contents

Front cover......Page 1
Preface......Page 6
Acknowledgments......Page 8
Contents......Page 10
Contributors......Page 12
Part I: General Perspectives......Page 14
Chapter 1. Old Age as a Stage of Life: Common Terms Related to Aging and Methods Used to Study Aging......Page 16
Chapter 2. Human Longevity in Historical Perspective......Page 24
Chapter 3. Comparative Aging, Geriatric Functional Assessment, Aging and Disease......Page 36
Chapter 4. Cellular Senscence, Cell Death, and Transgenic Mouse Models of Aging......Page 54
Chapter 5. Theories of Life Span and Aging......Page 68
Part II: Systemic and Organismic Aging......Page 82
Chapter 6. The Nervous System: Structural, Biochemical, Metabolic, and Circulatory Changes......Page 84
Chapter 7. The Nervous System: Functional Changes with Aging......Page 102
Chapter 8. Sensory Systems: Normal Aging, Disorders, and Treatments of Vision and Hearing in Humans......Page 122
Chapter 9. The Adrenals and Pituitary-Stress, Adaptation, and Longevity......Page 150
Chapter 10. Female Reproductive Aging and Menopause......Page 172
Chapter 11. The Ensemble Male Hypothalamo-Pituitary-Gonadal Axis......Page 198
Chapter 12. The Thyroid, Parathyroid, and Pineal Glands......Page 218
Chapter 13. The Endocrine Pancreas, Obesity, and Diffuse Endocrine and Chemical Mediators......Page 232
Chapter 14. The Immune System......Page 244
Chapter 15. Cardiovascular Alterations with Aging: Atherosclerosis and Coronary Heart Disease......Page 262
Chapter 16. Lipids, Lipoproteins, and Atherosclerosis......Page 278
Chapter 17. The Pulmonary Respiration, Hematopoiesis, and Erythrocytes......Page 290
Chapter 18. The Kidney, Lower Urinary Tract, Body Fluids, and the Prostate......Page 310
Chapter 19. The Gastrointestinal Tract and the Liver......Page 328
Chapter 20. The Skeleton, Joints, and Skeletal and Cardiac Muscles......Page 342
Chapter 21. The Skin......Page 358
Part III: Prevention and Rehabilitation......Page 366
Chapter 22. Pharmacology and Drug Management in the Elderly......Page 368
Chapter 23. Healthful Aging: Nutrition and Experimental Strategies in Dietary Restriction......Page 376
Chapter 24. Benefits of Physical Exercise......Page 394
Chapter 25. Regenerative Perspectives and Assistive Technologies......Page 406
Index......Page 412
Back cover......Page 426