Handbook of the Biology of Aging (Handbooks of Aging) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 012378638X ISBN 13: 9780123786388

Publisher: Academic Press, 2010

Synopsis

Provides a synthesis and review of the research findings in the biology of aging. This title contains basic aging processes as determined by animal research as well as medical physiology of aging as known in humans. It covers areas of research, like stem cells, integrated with longstanding areas of interest in aging like telomeres, and others.

About this title

Review:

A definitive reference source for gerontological researchers, developmental psychologists, sociologists, practitioners dealing with aging populations, biologists involved in aging research, and medical researchers

From the Back Cover:

Handbook of the Biology of Aging, 7th edition

Edited by Edward J. Masoro and Steven N. Austad

The Handbook of the Biology of Aging, 7e, is 100% revised from the 6th edition.  Providing a comprehensive synthesis and review of the latest research findings in the biology of aging, it is intended as a summary for researchers, and is also suitable as a high level textbook for graduate and upper level undergraduate courses.  The 7th edition is organized into two main sections, first covering the basic aging processes and then the medical physiology of aging.  This puts less emphasis on research germane only to specific species and more emphasis on the mechanisms that affect aging across species, and what this means medically for the aging of humans.  This volume allows basic researchers to keep abreast of basic research outside their subdiscipline as well as recent clinical  findings, while allowing medical, behavioral, and social gerontologists to understand what basic scientists and clinicians are discovering.

Coverage of basic aging processes includes the effects of dietary restriction, somatotropic axis, free radicals, apoptosis, adipose tissue, stem cells, leukocyte telomere dynamics, genetics, sirtuins, inflammation, and protein homeostasis on aging.  Coverage of the medical physiology of aging includes several chapters on aging effects on the human brain including changes in brain myelination, cerebral microvasculature, and cerebral vascular dysfunction.    Additional chapters include research on aging pulmonary function, insulin secretion, thermoreception and thermoregulation, calorie restriction, frailty & mortality, and sex differences in longevity and aging.  This more clinically-oriented section advances our understanding  of what to expect, how to prevent, and how to treat common medical effects of aging.

The Handbook of the Biology of Aging, 7e is part of the Handbooks of Aging series, including Handbook of the Psychology of Aging and Handbook of Aging and the Social Sciences, also in their 7th editions.

About the editors:

Dr Edward J Masoro is professor emeritus in the department of physiology at University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio.  In addition to being the recipient of numerous award for his work in gerontology, he is a past president of the Gerontological Association of America, has served as chairman of both the Aging Review Committee and Board of Scientific Counselors of the National Institute on Aging, and is former editor of the Journal of Gerontology:  biological Sciences.

Dr. Steven N. Austad is professor in the department of cellular and structural biology at the University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio.  In addition to being the recipient of numerous awards for his work in gerontology, he is currently associate editor of the Journal of Gerontology:  Biological Sciences, supervising editor of Aging Cell, and section editor of The Neurobiology of Aging.

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Handbook of the Biology of Aging, 7th edition

Edited by Edward J. Masoro and Steven N. Austad

The Handbook of the Biology of Aging, 7e, is 100% revised from the 6th edition. Providing a comprehensive synthesis and review of the latest research findings in the biology of aging, it is intended as a summary for researchers, and is also suitable as a high level textbook for graduate and upper level undergraduate courses. The 7th edition is organized into two main sections, first covering the basic aging processes and then the medical physiology of aging. This puts less emphasis on research germane only to specific species and more emphasis on the mechanisms that affect aging across species, and what this means medically for the aging of humans. This volume allows basic researchers to keep abreast of basic research outside their subdiscipline as well as recent clinical findings, while allowing medical, behavioral, and social gerontologists to understand what basic scientists and clinicians are discovering.

Coverage of basic aging processes includes the effects of dietary restriction, somatotropic axis, free radicals, apoptosis, adipose tissue, stem cells, leukocyte telomere dynamics, genetics, sirtuins, inflammation, and protein homeostasis on aging. Coverage of the medical physiology of aging includes several chapters on aging effects on the human brain including changes in brain myelination, cerebral microvasculature, and cerebral vascular dysfunction. Additional chapters include research on aging pulmonary function, insulin secretion, thermoreception and thermoregulation, calorie restriction, frailty & mortality, and sex differences in longevity and aging. This more clinically-oriented section advances our understanding of what to expect, how to prevent, and how to treat common medical effects of aging.

The Handbook of the Biology of Aging, 7e is part of the Handbooks of Aging series, including Handbook of the Psychology of Aging and Handbook of Aging and the Social Sciences, also in their 7th editions.

About the editors:

Dr Edward J Masoro is professor emeritus in the department of physiology at University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio. In addition to being the recipient of numerous award for his work in gerontology, he is a past president of the Gerontological Association of America, has served as chairman of both the Aging Review Committee and Board of Scientific Counselors of the National Institute on Aging, and is former editor of the Journal of Gerontology: biological Sciences.

Dr. Steven N. Austad is professor in the department of cellular and structural biology at the University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio. In addition to being the recipient of numerous awards for his work in gerontology, he is currently associate editor of the Journal of Gerontology: Biological Sciences, supervising editor of Aging Cell, and section editor of The Neurobiology of Aging.

About this edition

• Publisher: Academic Press
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 012378638X
• ISBN 13: 9780123786388
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 520
• Editor: Masoro Edward J., Austad Steven N.