Hormones and Aging: Volume 115

ISBN-13: 9780323855488 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 658 str.

Litwack, Gerald

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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 disorders

Mayank Choubey, Ashutosh Ranjan and Amitabh Krishna

O autorze

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)