Hormones in Ageing and Longevity
This multi-chapter book focuses on one of the hottest topics in ageing research – the role of hormones in health and longevity, offering a comprehensive and up-to-date overview of their mechanistic roles in health, ageing and longevity. Hormones are an excellent system of communication between cells...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer,
2017.
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| Series: | Healthy Ageing and Longevity,
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| Online Access: | Full Text via HEAL-Link |
Table of Contents:
- Part I: History And Conflux
- How Hormones, As Ancient Signalling Molecules, Regulate Diverse Biological Processes Through Evolution
- Somatotropic Axis’ Role In Ageing And Longevity Could Depend On Life-History Strategies Of Species
- Part Ii: Growth, Stress And Metabolism
- Glucocorticoid Hormones In Aging
- Zinc, Insulin And Igf-I Interplay In Aging
- Growth Hormone And Igf-1 Axis In Aging And Longevity
- Thyroid Function In Healthy Ageing And Longevity
- Tgf-Β In Development And Ageing
- Part Iii: Neuroendocrine And Rhythms
- Hormones Of Hypothalamus In Aging
- Environmental And Physiological Cues On The Hypothalamus During Aging
- Melatonin In Healthy Aging And Longevity
- Horm ones In Clock Regulation During Ageing
- Part Iv: Brain, Immunity And Cytokinins
- Estrogens In Aging
- Cytokines And Aging
- Plant Hormone Cytokinins For Modulating Human Aging And Age-Related Diseases.
