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Record Nr.

UNINA9910876774803321

Titolo

Ageing in transient tissues / / editors for the Ciba Foundation, G.E.W. Wolstenholme and Elaine C.P. Millar

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : J. & A. Churchill, 1956

ISBN

1-280-76857-6

9786613679345

0-470-71898-6

0-470-71643-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (302 p.)

Collana

Ciba Foundation colloquia on ageing ; ; v. 2

Altri autori (Persone)

WolstenholmeG. E. W (Gordon Ethelbert Ward)

MillarElaine C. P

Disciplina

612.67

Soggetti

Aging

Animals - Growth

Placenta

Reproduction

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

CIBA FOUNDATION COLLOQUIA ON AGEING VOLUME 2; CONTENTS; Chairman's opening remarks; Organ culture studies of foetal rat reproductive tracts; Discussion; The age factor in some prenatal endocrine events; Discussion; The regenerative capacity of ovarian tissue; Discussion; The history and fate of redundant follicles; Discussion; The corpus luteum of the guinea pig; Discussion; Observations on the cytomorphosis of the germinal and interstitial cells of the human testis; Discussion; Mitochondrial changes in different physiological states; Discussion

Morphological aspects of ageing in the placentaDiscussion; Chronological changes in placental function; Discussion; Biochemical evidence of ageing in the placenta; Discussion; Uptake of radio-potassium (42K) by the uterus and placenta during the advancement of pregnancy in the rat and the goat; Discussion; Modifications in the foetal development of the rat after administration of growth hormone or cortisone to the mother; Discussion; The growth cycle of deer



antlers; Discussion; Ageing of the axillary apocrine sweat glands in the human female; Discussion; The metabolism of senescent leaves

DiscussionThe physical instability of human red blood cells and its possible importance in their senescence; Ageing in human red cells; Discussion; General Discussion