Overview
- Highlighting the positive effects of mild stress
- Presenting novel experimental tools for aging research and interventions
- Introducing novel approaches to improving health and longevity
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Table of contents (11 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
Stress is a double edged sword. Whereas chronic stress has well known harmful effects, recent research shows that intermittent exposure of cells and organisms to mild stress can improve various biological parameters, including severe stress tolerance, health span and longevity. Mild stress-induced hormesis is potentially a powerful tool in gerontological research and interventions. This book brings together some of the world leaders in this area of research who present a critical analysis of the ongoing research with respect to the effects and mechanisms of action of various types of mild stress, such as irradiation, heat, physical exercise, hypergravity, pro-oxidants and nutritional components, on a variety of biological systems ranging from fruitflies to human cells and bodies. Their separate chapters and a final collective chapter open up a whole new world of possibilities for future research in aging, successful aging, and health span extension.
Reviews
From the reviews:
"The present book is timely written by experts in the subject and presents state-of-art status of research on hormesis and aging. … is thought provoking and opens an exciting new area for detailed study. It is highly useful for young researchers in biogerontology as well as for the established biogerontologists to analyse their results in the light of hormetic effects. Thus the book is worth reading by not only biogerontologists but by all those who are interested in understanding the hormetic approach for healthy aging." (Mahendra K. Thakur, Biogerontology, Juni, 2008)
Editors and Affiliations
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Mild Stress and Healthy Aging
Book Subtitle: Applying hormesis in aging research and interventions
Editors: Eric Bourg, Suresh I. S. Rattan
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-6869-0
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2008
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-6868-3Published: 07 February 2008
Softcover ISBN: 978-90-481-7745-5Published: 19 October 2010
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4020-6869-0Published: 24 January 2008
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VIII, 188