Hormones in Ageing and Longevity

Is the first book to focus on hormones in health, aging, and longevity

Offers a comprehensive overview of the hormones involved in the ageing of most bodily functions

Provides updated information on mechanisms of hormone action and their modulation in ageing processes

Is the first book to focus on hormones in health, aging, and longevity Offers a comprehensive overview of the hormones involved in the ageing of most bodily functions Provides updated information on mechanisms of hormone action and their modulation in ageing processes Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Inhalt

Part I: History And Conflux.- How Hormones, As Ancient Signalling Molecules, Regulate Diverse Biological Processes Through Evolution.- Somatotropic Axis' Role In Ageing And Longevity Could Depend On Life-History Strategies Of Species.- Part Ii: Growth, Stress And Metabolism.- Glucocorticoid Hormones In Aging.- Zinc, Insulin And Igf-I Interplay In Aging.- Growth Hormone And Igf-1 Axis In Aging And Longevity.- Thyroid Function In Healthy Ageing And Longevity.- Tgf- In Development And Ageing.- Part Iii: Neuroendocrine And Rhythms.- Hormones Of Hypothalamus In Aging.- Environmental And Physiological Cues On The Hypothalamus During Aging.- Melatonin In Healthy Aging And Longevity.- Horm ones In Clock Regulation During Ageing.- Part Iv: Brain, Immunity And Cytokinins.- Estrogens In Aging.- Cytokines And Aging.- Plant Hormone Cytokinins For Modulating Human Aging And Age-Related Diseases. <p