Overview
- 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
Part of the book series: Healthy Ageing and Longevity (HAL, volume 6)
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Table of contents (14 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Brain, Immunity and Cytokinins
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
This multi-chapter book focuses on one of the hottest topics in ageing research – the role of hormones in health and longevity, offering a comprehensive and up-to-date overview of their mechanistic roles in health, ageing and longevity. Hormones are an excellent system of communication between cells and tissues within an organism, and they coordinate a wide range of processes in biological systems, including neuroendocrine and immunological controls. The book offers insights into the latest significant advances in our understanding of the mechanisms of hormonal signaling that control a variety of processes involved in development and ageing.
It is divided into four parts: Part I includes a review of the hundred-year history of hormones by the illustrious hormone biochemist Dr. J.R. Tata. Part II presents various chapters on the hormones involved in growth, stress and metabolism, while Part III addresses the hormones controlling cognition and rhythms in ageing processes. Lastly, Part IV discusses the hormones affecting reproduction, immunity and life span. It also explores the use of hormones as pharmaceuticals to maintain health in the elderly.
It is a valuable resource for those working in the area of hormone signaling in general and in the field of ageing research in particular.
Editors and Affiliations
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Hormones in Ageing and Longevity
Editors: Suresh Rattan, Ramesh Sharma
Series Title: Healthy Ageing and Longevity
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-63001-4
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-63000-7Published: 08 September 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-87450-0Published: 11 August 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-63001-4Published: 19 August 2017
Series ISSN: 2199-9007
Series E-ISSN: 2199-9015
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VIII, 338
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations, 27 illustrations in colour
Topics: Biomedicine general, Geriatrics/Gerontology, Cell Biology