Encyclopedia of Biomedical Gerontology

Encyclopedia of Biomedical Gerontology, Three Volume Set presents a wide range of topics, ranging from what happens in the body during aging, the reasons and mechanisms relating to those age-related changes, and their clinical, psychological and social modulators and determinants. The book covers the biological and medical aspects of gerontology within the general framework of the biological basis of assessing age, biological mechanisms of aging, age-related changes in biological systems, human age-related diseases, the biomedical practicality and impracticality of interventions, and finally, the ethics of intervention. Provides a ‘one-stop'resource to information written by world-leading scholars in the field of biomedical gerontology Fills a critical gap of information in a field that has seen significant progress in the last 10 years Front Cover......Page 1 ENCYCLOPEDIA OF BIOMEDICAL GERONTOLOGY......Page 2 ENCYCLOPEDIA OF BIOMEDICAL GERONTOLOGY......Page 4 Copyright......Page 5 CONTENTS OF ALL VOLUMES......Page 6 CONTRIBUTORS TO VOLUME 1......Page 14 EDITOR BIOGRAPHIES......Page 20 PREFACE......Page 24 PERMISSIONS ACKNOWLEDGEMENT......Page 26 A......Page 27 B......Page 279 C......Page 341 CARF and Cell Proliferation Decisions......Page 387 D......Page 494 Front Cover......Page 555 ENCYCLOPEDIA OF BIOMEDICAL GERONTOLOGY......Page 556 ENCYCLOPEDIA OF BIOMEDICAL GERONTOLOGY......Page 558 Copyright......Page 559 EDITOR BIOGRAPHIES......Page 574 PREFACE......Page 578 PERMISSIONS ACKNOWLEDGEMENT......Page 580 Epigenetic Biomarkers of Biological Age......Page 581 F......Page 658 G......Page 708 H......Page 790 I......Page 851 L......Page 893 M......Page 943 N......Page 1059 O......Page 1082 Front Cover......Page 1143 ENCYCLOPEDIA OF BIOMEDICAL GERONTOLOGY......Page 1144 ENCYCLOPEDIA OF BIOMEDICAL GERONTOLOGY......Page 1146 Copyright......Page 1147 CONTENTS OF ALL VOLUMES......Page 1148 CONTRIBUTORS TO VOLUME 3......Page 1156 EDITOR BIOGRAPHIES......Page 1162 PREFACE......Page 1166 PERMISSIONS ACKNOWLEDGEMENT......Page 1168 P......Page 1169 R......Page 1288 S......Page 1353 T......Page 1514 U......Page 1550 V......Page 1569 W......Page 1594 Y......Page 1611