Aging of the Organs and Systems

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.

List of contents

1. The relationship between cell turnover and tissue aging.- 2. Aging of the skin.- 3. Skeletal muscle aging.- 4. Aging of the hematopoietic system.- 5. Aging of the human skeleton and its contribution to osteoporotic fractures.- 6. Aging of the cardiovascular system.- 7. Aging of the gastrointestinal system.- 8. Aging of the eye.- 9. Aging and the oral cavity.- 10. Aging and the immune system.- 11. Aging of the nervous system.- 12. Aging of the liver.- 13. The aging male reproductive system.

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.

Product details

• Assisted by: Richar Aspinall (Editor), Richard Aspinall (Editor)
• Publisher: Springer Netherlands
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 07.10.2010
• EAN: 9789048164868
• ISBN: 978-90-481-6486-8
• No. of pages: 318
• Illustrations: X, 318 p.
• Series: Biology of Aging and its Modulation; Biology of Aging and its Modulation
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Microbiology; Biochemie, Dermatologie, C, Zoologie und Tierwissenschaften, Genetik, Medizin, biochemistry, Zoology & animal sciences, Dermatology, Human Genetics, Biomedical and Life Sciences, Medical Genetics, Biochemistry, general, Cell Biology, Animal Anatomy / Morphology / Histology, Animal anatomy, Zoology and animal sciences