Life-Span Extension Single-Cell Organisms to Man /

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Sell, Christian (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Lorenzini, Antonello (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Brown-Borg, Holly M. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Totowa, NJ : Humana Press, 2009.
• Σειρά: Aging Medicine
• Θέματα: Medicine.; Geriatrics.; Pathology.; Medicine & Public Health.; Geriatrics/Gerontology.

In recent years, remarkable discoveries have been made concerning the underlying mechanisms of aging. In Life-Span Extension: Single-Cell Organisms to Man, the editors bring together a range of illuminating perspectives from researchers investigating the aging process in a variety of species. This n...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Yeast
• Reprogramming Cell Survival and Longevity: The Role of Tor, Sch9, Ras, and Sir2
• Caenorhabditis elegans
• 2 Common Aging Mechanisms: Energy Metabolism and Longevity in Caenorhabditis elegans
• 3 Conserved Mechanisms of Life-Span Regulation and Extension in Caenorhabditis elegans
• Drosophila melanogaster
• The Genetic Architecture of Longevity
• Mild Stress and Life Extension in Drosophila melanogaster
• Rodents
• Global Food Restriction
• Growth Hormone and Aging in Mice
• Comparative Biology of Aging
• Exploiting Natural Variation in Life Span to Evaluate Mechanisms of Aging
• Slow Aging: Insights from an Exceptionally Long-Lived Rodent, the Naked Mole-Rat
• Life Extension in the Short-Lived Fish Nothobranchius furzeri
• Aging in Humans
• Aging and Longevity in Animal Models and Humans.