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Endocrine facets of ageing / [editors, Derek J. Chadwick, and Jamie A. Goode].
Holman Biotech Commons R850.A2 N69 v.242 2002
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- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Novartis Foundation symposium ; 242.
- Novartis Foundation symposium ; 242
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Aging--Endocrine aspects--Congresses.
- Aging.
- Aging--physiology.
- Endocrine System--physiology.
- Aging--Endocrine aspects.
- Medical Subjects:
- Aging--physiology.
- Endocrine System--physiology.
- Genre:
- Conference papers and proceedings.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 290 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Chichester ; New York : J. Wiley, 2002.
- Contents:
- Endocrine aspects of healthy ageing in men / Annewieke W. van den Beld, Steven W.J. Lamberts 3
- Ageing, stress and the brain / Bernard J. Carroll 26
- Alterations in the ageing corticotropic stress-response axis / Per Bjorntorp 46
- Male reproductive ageing: human fertility, androgens and hormone dependent disease / David J. Handelsman 66
- Male reproductive ageing: using the Brown Norway rat as a model for man / Christina Wang, Amiya Sinha Hikim, Monica Ferrini, Juan J. Bonavera, Dolores Vernet, Andrew Leung, Yan-He Lue, Nestor F. Gonzalez-Cadavid, Ronald S. Swerdloff 82
- Mechanisms of conjoint failure of the somatotropic and gonadal axes in ageing men / J. D. Veldhuis, A. Iranmanesh, T. Mulligan, C.Y. Bowers 98
- Effects of growth hormone and insulin-like growth factor 1 deficiency on ageing and longevity / Zvi Laron 125
- The role of insulin-like growth factor 1 and insulin in ageing and atherosclerosis / Antonio Ruiz-Torres 143
- The ageing female reproductive axis I / Henry G. Burger, Emma Dudley, Pam Mamers, David Robertson, Nigel Groome, Lorraine Dennerstein 161
- The ageing female reproductive axis II: ovulatory changes with perimenopause / Jerilynn C. Prior 172
- The thyroid axis in ageing / Holger Leitolf, Jens Behrends, Georg Brabant 193
- Critical illness as a model of hypothalamic ageing / Greet Van den Berghe, Stephen M. Shalet 205
- Glucose tolerance, glucose utilization and insulin secretion in ageing / Dariush Elahi, Denis C. Muller, Josephine M. Egan, Reubin Andres, Johannes Veldhuis, Graydon S. Meneilly 222
- Endocrine causes of age-related bone loss and osteoporosis / B. Lawrence Riggs 247
- Ageing and water homeostasis / David Robertson, Jens Jordan, Giris Jacob, Terry Ketch, John R. Shannon, Italo Biaggioni 265.
- Notes:
- "Symposium on Endocrine facets of ageing, held at the Novartis Foundation, London, 30 January - 1 February 2001"--P.v.
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 0471486361
- OCLC:
- 47957564
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