UID:
edocfu_9959236933402883
Format:
1 online resource (252 p.)
ISBN:
0-19-770158-2
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1-280-50204-5
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9786610502042
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0-19-512593-2
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0-19-802911-X
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0-19-534839-7
,
1-60256-775-1
Series Statement:
Oxford scholarship online
Content:
In this work, the various theories of ageing are explained and assessed. The author presents case accounts about disorders that open windows on to the ageing process. The impacts of ageing on the brain and nervous system are given special attention, as are the effects of caloric restriction on maximum lifespan.
Note:
Previously issued in print: 1999.
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Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Aging, Senescence, and Lifespan; 2. The Nature of Cellular Senescence and Death; 3. The Evolution of Senescence and Death; 4. Of Embryos and Worms and Very Old Men: The Developmental Genetics of Senescence and Lifespan; 5. Human Genetic Diseases That Mimic the Aging Process; 6. Cycling to Senescence; 7. Replicative Immortality: Cancer and Aging; 8. Caloric Restriction and Maximum Lifespan; 9. With Every Breath We Take: Oxidative Stress and Cellular Senescence; 10. The Aging Brain; 11. A Conditional Benefit; Bibliography; Index
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-19-512593-2
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-19-515375-8
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1093/oso/9780195125931.001.0001
