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.
Contents:
Part I General Perspectives
Chapter 1
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
Chapter 2
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
. . . 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
The Nervous System: Structural and Biochemical Changes
. . . Paola S. Timiras
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, California
. . . 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
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
in Dietary Restriction
. . . Franco Navazio and Paola S. Timiras
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, California