Aging of the Organs and Systems

by Aspinall, Richard

• ISBN13: 9781402017438
• ISBN10: 140201743X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-03-01
• Publisher: Kluwer Academic Pub

Summary

During the last 40 years, the study of the biological basis of aging has progressed tremendously, and it has now become an independent and respectable field of study and research. This volume on "Aging of Organs and Systems", is an attempt to bring understanding to both the aging process and the disease processes of old age. Bringing together contributions from an international team of authors, it will be of interest to graduates and postgraduates in the fields of medicine and nursing, researchers of different aspects of biogerontology and those in the pharmaceutical, cosmeceutical, nutriceutical and health-care industry.

Table of Contents

Editorial: About the series "Biology of aging and its modulation"
S. Rattan	vii
Preface	ix
Chapter 1. The relationship between cell turnover and tissue aging
Richard G.A. Faragher	1
Chapter 2. Aging of the skin
P. Stephens	29	(44)
Chapter 3. Skeletal muscle aging
Caroline S. Broome, Aphrodite Vasilaki and Anne McArdle	73	(28)
Chapter 4. Aging of the hematopoietic system
Peter M. Lansdorp	101	(14)
Chapter 5. Aging of the human skeleton and its contribution to osteoporotic fractures
Moustapha Kassem, Kim Brixen and Leif Mosekilde	115	(22)
Chapter 6. Aging of the cardiovascular system
James D. Cameron and Christopher J. Bulpitt	137	(16)
Chapter 7. Aging of the gastrointestinal system
L. Drozdowski, M. Keelan, M.T. Clandinin and A.B.R. Thomson	153	(26)
Chapter 8. Aging of the eye
John J. Harding	179	(22)
Chapter 9. Aging and the oral cavity
Dirk Bister	201	(24)
Chapter 10. Aging and the immune system	225	(18)
Sian Henson and Richard Aspinall
Chapter 11. Aging of the nervous system	243	(28)
M.J. Saffrey
Chapter 12. Aging of the liver	271	(22)
Joseph M. Dhahbi and Stephen R. Spindler
Chapter 13. The aging male reproductive system	293	(16)
Rafi T. Kevorkian and John E. Morley
Index	309