Handbook of the Biology of Aging

Handbook of the Biology of Aging, 6th ed.
Edward J. Masoro
Amsterdam: Elsevier Academic Press, 2006
Call# QP86 .H35 2006

From Elsevier:

"Audience:
Gerontological researchers, developmental psychologists, sociologists, practioners dealing with aging populations, biologists involved in aging research, & medical researchers.

Contents
Section I: Conceptual and Technical Issues
Chapter 1 Reliability Theory of Aging and Longevity Leonid A. Gavrilov and Natalia S. Gavrilova
Chapter 2 - Are Age-Associated Diseases an Integral Part of Aging? Edward J. Masoro Chapter 3 - Dietary Restriction, Hormesis and Small Molecule Mimetics David A. Sinclair and Konrad T. Howitz
Chapter 4 - Hematopoietic Stem Cells, Aging, and Cancer Deborah Bell and Gary Van Zant
Chapter 5 - Mitochondria: A Critical Role in Aging Tamara Golden, Karl Morten, Felicity Johnson, Enrique Samper, and Simon Melov
Chapter 6 - P53 and Mouse Aging Models Cathy Gatza, George Hinkal, Lynette Moore, Melissa Dumble, and Lawrence A. Donehower
Chapter 7 - Complex Genetic Architecture of Drosophila Longevity Trudy Mackay, Natalia V. Roshina, Jeff W. Leips, and Elena G. Pasyukova
Chapter 8 - Evolutionary Biology of Aging: Future Directions Daniel Promislow, Ken Fedorka, and Joep Burger
Chapter 9 - Senescence in Wild Populations of Mammals and Birds Anja Brunet-Rossini and Steven N. Austad
Chapter 10 - Biodemography of Aging and Age-Specific Mortality in Drosophila melanogaster James Curtsinger, Natalia S. Gavrilova, and Leonid A. Gavrilov
Chapter 11 - Microarray Analysis of Gene Expression Changes in Aging F. Noel Hudson, Matt Kaeberlein, Nancy Linford, David Pritchard, Richard Beyer, and Peter S. Rabinovitch
Chapter 12 - Computer Modeling in the Study of Aging Thomas Kirkwood, Richard Boys, Colin Gillespie, Carole Procter, Daryl Shanley, and Darren Wilkenson
Section II: Non-Mammalian Models
Chapter 13 - Dissecting the Processes of Aging Using the Nematode Caenorhabditis elegans Thomas E. Johnson, Samuel T. Henderson, Shane Rea
Chapter 14 - Genetic Manipulation of Life span in Drosophila. Melanogaster Daniel Ford and John Tower
Chapter 15 - Juvenile and Steroid Hormones in Drosophila melanogaster Longevity Meng-Ping Tu, Thomas Flatt,, Marc Tatar
Chapter 16 - A Critical Evaluation of Nonmammalian Models for Aging Research Steven N. Austad, Andrej Podlutsky
Section III: Mammalian Models
Chapter 17 - Differential Aging Among Skeletal Muscles Roger J. M. McCarter
Chapter 18 - Aging, Body Fat, and Carbohydrate Metabolism Marielisa Rincon, Radhika Muzumdar, and Nir Barzilai
Chapter 19 - Growth and Aging: Why do Big Dogs Die young? Richard Miller and Steven N. Austad
Chapter 20 - Growth Hormone, Insulin-Like Growth Factor-1 and the Biology of Aging Christy S. Carter and William E. Sonntag
Chapter 21 - Aging of the Female Reproductive System Phyllis Wise"

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