Adaptations in aging
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Adaptations in aging
（Sandoz lectures in gerontology, 1994）
Academic Press, c1995
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Includes bibliographies and index
Some printings have preliminary pagination: xxiv p.
Description and Table of Contents
Description
These contributions from gerontological researchers address the four key themes of: eating for health; preserving sensory capacity; understanding brain disease; and living in retirement.
Table of Contents
- Opening address - scanning probe microscopy (imaging of single atoms, molecules and measuring of biomolecular interactions), H.J. Guntherodt
- behavioural and biological determinants of osteoporosis in older women - the Rancho Bernardo study, E. Barrett-Connor
- nutrition in the prevention and treatment of osteoporisis, C.C. Johnston, Jr. and C.W. Slemenda
- ageing, the vitamin D system and osteoporosis, H.F. DeLuca
- proteins and bone health, J.-P. Bonjour et al
- biological basis of lifespan modulation by nutrition, G.S. Roth et al
- looking old age in the mouth, R. Yemm
- the lifelong preservation of sight, R. Weale
- optokinetic consequences for balance, J.L. Cardenas and L. Lay-Son
- impairment of auditory and vestibular function in the elderly, C.R. Pfaltz et al
- Alzheimer's disease - from families to genes, M. Mullan
- animal models of Alzheimer's disease, M. Wragg and A. Goate
- apolipoprotein E-e4 and apolipoprotein E-e2 are susceptibility genes that affect the rate of disease expressivity of late-onset familial and sporadic Alzheimer disease, A.D. Roses
- cytoskeleton defects in neurons, A. Delacourte and P. Vermersch
- novel neuronal mechanisms in the normal and Parkinsonian substania nigra, S.A. Greenfield
- society's adaptation to its own age, A. Walker
- what can we learn from the EURONET-SENECA study? functionally capable for what?, M. Schroll et al
- dietary habits and attitudes in healthy elderly, D. Schlettwien-Gsell and D. Barclay
- setting goals for retirement - the choice is yours, H.G. Goyns
- strategies to delay dysfunction in later life, R.N. Butler.
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