Aging mechanisms [electronic resource] : longevity, metabolism, and brain aging / Nozomu Mori, Inhee Mook-Jung, editors.
2015
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Title
Aging mechanisms [electronic resource] : longevity, metabolism, and brain aging / Nozomu Mori, Inhee Mook-Jung, editors.
ISBN
9784431557630 electronic book
4431557636 electronic book
9784431557623
4431557628
4431557636 electronic book
9784431557623
4431557628
Published
Tokyo : Springer, 2015.
Language
English
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1 online resource.
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QP86
Dewey Decimal Classification
612.67
Summary
This book brings together the most up-to-date information on recent research results of leading laboratories on aging science in East Asia, particularly in Japan, Korea, and Hong Kong. Starting with a comprehensive overview of various hypotheses on biological mechanisms of aging by Dr. Sataro Goto, each chapter covers broad aspects of the most recent findings in aging-related topics: centenarian studies and genome analysis of progeria, metabolic biochemistry and neurobiology, longevity controls in yeast and nematodes, oxidative stress and calorie restriction, and neurodegeneration mechanisms in Alzheimer's and Huntington's diseases, with further potential therapeutic approaches to these age-related neurodegenerative diseases. Also included, in part, is a summary and the outcomes of a scientific discussion forum called the Asian Aging Core for Longevity (AACL) that has been held annually alternating between Japan and Korea during the last decade. This book can serve as a useful resource for finding appropriate collaborators in the areas it covers. The target readership is made up of graduate students and researchers at universities, medical and/or life-science schools, and biomedical and pharmaceutical institutes. Why does aging exist? How do we age? How is each organism's lifespan determined? These are fundamental questions in the field. We may be still far from achieving a complete view of aging mechanisms, but this book, Aging Mechanisms, offers an excellent opportunity to become familiar with the most updated progress in the biomedical research of aging in Japan and Korea, the two leading nations for human longevity.
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Includes bibliographical references and idnex.
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Online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed December 16, 2015)
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Mori, Nozomu, editor.
Mook-Jung, Inhee, editor.
Mook-Jung, Inhee, editor.
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Table of Contents
Preface
Part I From Hypotheses to Mechanisms
Part II Human Longevity: Centenarianism and Progeria
Part III Stem Cells, Cultured Neurons, and Lower Animal Models
Part IV Metabolism: Factors Affecting Tissue Aging
Part V Aging Brain: Adult Neurogenesis, Synaptic Plasticity, and Brain Volume
Part VI Aged Brain: Mechanisms of Neurodegeneration
Part VII Anti-Brain Aging: Neuroprotection and Therapeutic Approaches
Epilogue
Appendix
Index. .
Part I From Hypotheses to Mechanisms
Part II Human Longevity: Centenarianism and Progeria
Part III Stem Cells, Cultured Neurons, and Lower Animal Models
Part IV Metabolism: Factors Affecting Tissue Aging
Part V Aging Brain: Adult Neurogenesis, Synaptic Plasticity, and Brain Volume
Part VI Aged Brain: Mechanisms of Neurodegeneration
Part VII Anti-Brain Aging: Neuroprotection and Therapeutic Approaches
Epilogue
Appendix
Index. .