Handbook of models for human aging /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Conn, P. Michael
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Burlington, MA : Elsevier Academic Press, [2006]
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Historical development of animal models of aging / Richard L. Sprott, Steven N. Austad
  • Species selection in comparative studies of aging and anti-aging / Joao Pedro de Magalhaes
  • Principles of animal use for gerontological research / Richard A. Miller
  • From primary cultures to the aging organism: lessons from human T lymphocytes / Rita B. Effros
  • Models of systems failure in aging / Leonid A. Gavrilov, Natalia S. Gavrilova
  • Major issues in ethics of aging research / Michael D. Smith
  • Ethical aspects of research involving elderly persons / Paul S. Mueller, C. Christopher Hook
  • SAGE KE and other online resources related to aging / Evelyn Strauss, R. John Davenport
  • Proteomics in aging research / Christian Schoneich
  • Application of high-throughput technologies to aging-related research / Matt Kaeberlein
  • Models of Alzheimer's disease / Harry LeVine III, Lary C. Walker
  • Age-related hippocampal dysfunction: early Alzheimer's disease vs normal aging / Scott A. Small
  • Epidemiology in aging research / Hermann Brenner, Volker Arndt
  • Statistical issues for longevity studies in animal models / Chenxi Wang ... [et al.]
  • Models for the study of infection in populations / John R. Williams
  • Estimation of the rate of production of oxygen radicals at mitochondria / Alberto Sanz, Gustavo Barja
  • Telomeres and aging in the yeast model system / Kurt W. Runge
  • Longevity and aging in the budding yeast / Matt Kaeberlein
  • From yeast Methuselah genes to evolutionary medicine / Paolo Fabrizio, Valter D. Longo
  • Strongyloides ratti: a nematode with extraordinary plasticity in aging / Michael P. Gardner, David Gems, Mark Viney
  • Insect models for the study of aging / Klaus-Guenter Collatz
  • Drosophila models of aging / Satomi Miwa, Alan Cohen
  • Models of aging in honeybee workers / Gro V. Amdam, Olav Rueppel
  • Ants as naturally long-lived insect models for aging / Joel D. Parker, Karen M. Parker
  • Gene expression and the extended longevity phenotypes of drosophila
  • Melanogaster / Robert Arking
  • Annual fish as a genetic model for aging / Pudur Jagadeeswaran
  • The use of mature zebrafish (Danio rerio) as a model for human aging and disease / Evan T. Keller, Jill M. Keller, Gavin Gillespie
  • Zebrafish as aging models / Shuji Kishi
  • Telomeres in aging: birds / Susan E. Swanberg, Mary E. Delany
  • Domestic and wild bird models for the study of aging / Donna J. Holmes, M.A. Ottinger
  • A transgenic mini rat strain as a tool for studying aging and calorie restriction / Isao Shimokawa
  • Rat models of age-related cognitive decline / Jennifer L. Bizon, Michelle M. Nicolle
  • Aged rodents for biogerontology research / Nancy L. Nadon
  • Life extension in the dwarf mouse / Andrzej Bartke
  • The canine model of human brain aging: cognition, behavior, and neuropathology / P. Dwight Tapp, Christina T. Siwak