Biology of aging

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Biology of aging

Roger B. McDonald

Garland Science/Taylor & Francis, c2014

  • : [pbk.]

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Includes index

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内容説明

Biology of Aging presents the biological principles that have led to a new understanding of the causes of aging and describes how these basic principles help one to understand the human experience of biological aging, longevity, and age-related disease. Intended for undergraduate biology students, it describes how the rate of biological aging is measured; explores the mechanisms underlying cellular aging; discusses the genetic pathways that affect longevity in various organisms; outlines the normal age-related changes and the functional decline that occurs in physiological systems over the lifespan; and considers the implications of modulating the rate of aging and longevity. The book also includes end-of-chapter discussion questions to help students assess their knowledge of the material.

目次

Table of Contents 1: Basic Concepts in the Biology of Aging 2: Measuring Biological Aging 3: Evolutionary Theories of Longevity and Aging 4: Cellular Aging 5: Genetics of Longevity 6: Plant Senescence 7: Human Longevity 8: The Physiology of Human Aging 9: Age-Related Disease in Humans 10: Modulating Aging and Longevity Appendix: Life Table Calculations Glossary

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