| Description |
xiv, 482 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm. |
| Series |
Basic life sciences ; v. 35 |
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Basic life sciences ; v. 35.
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| Note |
"Proceedings of a Symposium on Molecular Basis of Aging, held September 30-October 3, 1984, at Brookhaven National Laboratory"--T.p. verso. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Symposium lecture I -- Aging research: challenge of the twenty-first century / E.L. Schneider -- Introductory remarks : Session II / J.R. Totter -- Antioxidants and longevity of mammalian species / R.C. Cutler -- Relationship between metabolic rate, free radicals, differentiation and aging : a unified theory / R.S. Sohal and R.G. Allen -- State of knowledge on action of food restriction and aging / E. Masoro -- The endocrine response to dietary restriction in the rat / B.J. Merry and A.M. Holehan -- Age dependent changes in mitochondria / J.E. Fleming, J. Miquel, K.G. Bensch -- Introductory remarks : with consideration of a T-cell model for aging in cellular proteins / T. Makinodan ... [et al.] -- Implications of 5'-nucleotidase and its inhibitor for cellular aging and cancer / A.S. Sun and J.F. Holland -- The effects of dehydroepiandrosterone on the rate of development of cancer and autoimmune processes in labrotory rodents / A. Schwartz -- The alteration of enzymes in aging animals / M. Rothstein -- Differential and similar responses between rodent and human cells to DNA-damaging agents : possible implications for celluar aging / J.R. Williams ... [et al.] |
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Symposium lecture II -- Living all your life / A. Comfort -- Environmental and genetic factors that influence immunity and longevity in mice / D.J. Anderson, A.L.M. Watson, E.J. Yunis -- Cellular senescence : factors modulating cell proliferation in vitro / V.J. Cristofalo, P.D. Phillips, K.M. Brooks -- Changes in genetic organisation and expression in aging cells / S. Goldstein ... [et al.] -- The significance of DNA methylation in cellular aging / R. Holliday -- DNA manipulating genes and the aging brain / C. Kidson, P. Chen, F.P. Imray -- In vivo studies on DNA repair and turnover with age / T. Ishikawa, J. Sakurai, S. Takayama -- Hypersensitivity to DNA-damaging agents in abiotrophies : a new explanation for degeneration of neurons, photoreceptors and muscle in Alzheimer, Parkinson and Huntington diseases, Retinitis Pigmentosa and Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy / J.H. Robbins .. .[et al.] -- Reliability theoretic methods and aging : critical elements, hierarchies and longevity - interpreting survival curves / M. Witten. |
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Symposium III -- The odds on normal aging / L. Thomas -- Introductory remarks / L. Sokoloff -- Progeria, a model disease for the study of accelerated aging / W.T. Brown, M. Zebrower, F.J. Kieras -- Amyloid, immunopathology and aging / P.D. Gorevic, J. Elias, N. Peress -- In vitro studies of Werner Syndrome cells : aberrant growth and chromosome behavior / D. Salk -- Molecular basis of the accumulation of abnormal proteins in Progeria and aging fibroblasts / R.W. Gracy ... [et al.] |
| Subject |
Aging -- Molecular aspects -- Congresses.
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Aging -- physiology -- Congresses.
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Molecular Biology -- Congresses.
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| Indexed Term |
Mammals Ageing Molecular biology |
| Added Author |
Woodhead, Avril D.
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Blackett, Anthony D.
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Hollaender, Alexander, 1898-1986.
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| ISBN |
0306420848 |
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9780306420849 |
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