Physiological Basis of Aging and Geriatrics,
Third Edition
Paola S. Timiras, Editor
Extensively revised and updated to reflect the current state of knowledge in the study of aging, the third edition of the bestselling Physiological Basis of Aging and Geriatrics provides an even more complete profile of the aging of individuals and populations. It includes aspects of demographic, comparative, and differential aging together with a discussion of the several theories of aging. It shows how body functions change with aging, describes how both genetic and environmental factors influence age-related changes, and addresses some of the clinical consequences of these changes for health and longevity.
CRC Press: Boca Raton, Florida, 2002Contents:
Part I General Perspectives
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Aging as a Stage of Life, Common Terms Related to Aging,
Methods Used to Study Aging . . . Paola S. Timiras
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, California
Human Longevity in Historical Perspective . . . John R. Wilmoth
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, California Chapter 3
Comparative and Differential Aging, Geriatric Functional Assessment,
Aging and Disease . . . Paola S. Timiras
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, California Chapter 4
Cellular Senescence and Cell Death . . . Judith Campisi
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Berkeley, California Chapter 5
Oxidants and Antioxidants in Aging . . . Rolf J. Melhorn
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Berkeley, California Chapter 6
Theories of Life Span and Aging . . . James R. Carey
University of California, Davis
Davis, California Part II Systemic and Organismic Aging
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
The Nervous System: Structural and Biochemical Changes
. . . Paola S. Timiras
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, California
The Nervous System: Functional Changes . . . Paola S. Timiras
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, California Chapter 9
Sensory Systems: Normal Aging, Disorders, and Treatments of Vision
and Hearing in Humans . . . Esmail Meisami, Chester M. Brown, and Henry F. Emerle
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Urbana, Illinois Chapter 10
The Adrenals and Pituitary . . . Paola S. Timiras
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, California Chapter 11
The Female Reproductive System . . . Phyllis M. Wise
University of California, Davis
Davis, California Chapter 12
The Ensemble Male Hypothalamo-Pituitary-Gonadal Axis
. . . Johannes D. Veldhuis
Mayo Clinic and Graduate School of Medicine
Rochester, Minnesota
. . . Michael L. Johnson and Daniel Keenan
University of Virginia School of Medicine
Charlottesville, Virginia
. . . Ali Iranmanesh
Veterans Affairs Medical Center
Salem, Virginia Chapter 13
The Thyroid, Parathyroid, and Pineal Glands . . . Paola S. Timiras
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, California Chapter 14
The Endocrine Pancreas, Diffuse Endocrine Glands and Chemical Mediators . . . Paola S. Timiras
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, California Chapter 15
The Immune System
. . . Lia Ginaldi
L'Aquila University
L'Aquila, Italy
. . . Hal Sternberg
BioTime, Inc.
Berkeley, California Chapter 16
Cardiovascular Alterations with Aging: Atherosclerosis and Coronary Heart Disease . . . Paola S. Timiras
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, California Chapter 17
Lipids, Lipoproteins and Atherosclerosis . . . John K. Bielicki and Trudy M. Forte
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Berkeley, California Chapter 18
The Pulmonary Respiration, Hematopoiesis and Erythrocytes
. . . Massimo De Martinis
L'Aquila University
L'Aquila, Italy
. . . Paola S. Timiras
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, California Chapter 19
The Kidney, the Lower Urinary Tract, Body Fluids, and the Prostate
. . . Mary Letitia Timiras
Overlook Hospital
Summit, New Jersey and
University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey
Newark, New Jersey
. . . Joyce Leary
University of California, San Francisco
San Francisco, California Chapter 20
The Gastrointestinal Tract and the Liver . . . Paola S. Timiras
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, California Chapter 21
The Skeleton, Joints, and Skeletal and Cardiac Muscles . . . Paola S. Timiras
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, California Chapter 22
The Skin . . . Mary Letitia Timiras
Overlook Hospital
Summit, New Jersey and
University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey
Newark, New Jersey Part III Prevention and Rehabilitation
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Pharmacology and Drug Management in the Elderly
. . . Mary Letitia Timiras
Overlook Hospital
Summit, New Jersey and
University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey
Newark, New Jersey
. . . Jay Luxenburg
Jewish Home and University of California, San Francisco
San Francisco, California
Healthful Aging: Nutrition and Exercise and Experimental Strategies
in Dietary Restriction . . . Franco Navazio and Paola S. Timiras
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, California
