Hormones and Aging
- 1st Edition, Volume 115 - February 26, 2021
- Latest edition
- Editor: Gerald Litwack
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 8 5 5 4 8 - 8
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 8 5 5 4 9 - 5
Hormones and Aging, Volume 115 in the Vitamins and Hormones series, highlights advances in the field, with this new volume presenting timely topics, including hypothala… Read more
Hormones and Aging, Volume 115 in the Vitamins and Hormones series, highlights advances in the field, with this new volume presenting timely topics, including hypothalamic aging and hormones, endocannabinoids and aging-inflammation, neuroplasticity, mood and pain, the impact of hormones and bone loss across the menopause transition, and much more.
- Provides the authority and expertise of leading contributors from an international board of authors
- Presents the latest release in the Vitamins and Hormones series
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Preface
Gerald Litwack
1. Aging and the hypothalamic-pituitary-thyroid axis
Leonidas H. Duntas
2. Hypothalamic aging and hormones
Zi-Jian Cai
3. Hypothalamic gene transfer of BDNF promotes healthy aging
Lei Cao, Seemaab Ali and Nicholas J. Queen
4. Melatonin and healthy aging
Daniel P. Cardinali
5. Luteinizing hormone and the aging brain
Megan Mey, Sabina Bhatta and Gemma Casadesus
6. Leptin regulation of hippocampal synaptic function in health and disease
Kirsty Hamilton and Jenni Harvey
7. Endocannabinoids and aging—Inflammation, neuroplasticity, mood and pain
Yongsoon Park and Bruce A. Watkins
8. Parathyroid hormone levels and aging: Effect on balance
Lavanya Murthy and Gustavo Duque
9. Insulin and aging
Mirian Ayumi Kurauti, Gabriela Moreira Soares, Carine Marmentini, Gabriela Alves Bronczek, Renato Chaves Souto Branco and Antonio Carlos Boschero
10. Sirtuins and the prevention of immunosenescence
Denise Lasigliè
11. Alterations in cyclic nucleotide signaling are implicated in healthy aging and age-related pathologies of the brain
Nicole Gorny and Michy P. Kelly
12. Aging and FGF23-klotho system
Makoto Kuro-O
13. Aging and sex hormones in males
Maria Chiara Decaroli, Sara De Vincenti and Vincenzo Rochira
14. Sexual dimorphism, aging and immunity
Veena Taneja
15. Hormones and bone loss across the menopause transition
Arun S. Karlamangla, Albert Shieh and Gail A. Greendale
16. Relaxin abrogates genomic remodeling of the aged heart
Guillermo Romero and Guy Salama
17. Role of FoxO transcription factors in aging-associated cardiovascular diseases
Sneha Mishra, Venkatraman Ravi and Nagalingam Ravi Sundaresan
18. Ghrelin and adipokines: An overview of their physiological role, antimicrobial activity and impact on cardiovascular conditions
Luís Perpétuo, Pierre Marie Voisin, Francisco Amado, Christophe Hirtz and Rui Vitorino
19. Sex hormones and cognition in aging
Caroline Gurvich, Jessica Le, Natalie Thomas, Elizabeth H. X. Thomas and Jayashri Kulkarni
20. Role of hormones in sarcopenia
Priego T, Martín AI, González-Hedström D, Granado M, López-Calderón A and Daniel Cardalini
21. Sources of lumbar back pain during aging and potential therapeutic targets
T. Peter Li, Amit Jain and Xu Cao
22. Leydig cell aging: Molecular mechanisms and treatments
V. Papadopoulos and B. Zirkin
23. Adiponectin/AdipoRs signaling as a key player in testicular aging and associated-metabolic disordersMayank Choubey, Ashutosh Ranjan and Amitabh Krishna
- Edition: 1
- Latest edition
- Volume: 115
- Published: February 26, 2021
- Language: English
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Gerald Litwack
Dr. Litwack has authored 3 textbooks on biochemistry and hormones (one with John Wiley & Sons and 2 with Academic Press/Elsevier) and he has edited more than 70 volumes in the Vitamins & Hormones series (Academic Press/Elsevier); he has edited 14 volumes entitled Biochemical Actions of Hormones (Academica Press); He has edited (with David Kritchevsky) Actions of Hormones on Molecular Processes (Academic Press)
Affiliations and expertise
Emeritus Founding Chair and Professor, Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine, United States
Emeritus Professor, Rutgers University, United StatesRead Hormones and Aging on ScienceDirect