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editor, P. Michael Conn.

Elsevier Academic Press

c2006

xxi, 1075 p. ill. (some col.) 29 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index , 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 Alzheimerʹs disease / Harry LeVine III, Lary C. Walker -- Age-related hippocampal dysfunction: early Alzheimerʹs 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 --

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