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Record Nr.

UNINA9911019481703321

Titolo

Methodology of the study of ageing / / editors for the Ciba Foundation, G.E.W. Wolstenholme and Cecilia M. O'Connor

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boston, : Little, Brown and Co., 1957

ISBN

9786613679352

9781280768583

1280768584

9780470719039

0470719036

9780470716502

0470716509

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (226 p.)

Collana

Ciba Foundation colloquia on ageing ; ; v. 3

Altri autori (Persone)

WolstenholmeG. E. W (Gordon Ethelbert Ward)

O'ConnorCecilia M <1927-> (Cecilia Mary)

Disciplina

612.67

Soggetti

Aging

Geriatrics - Methodology

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 3; CONTENTS; Chairman's opening remarks; The biological approach in the comparative study of ageing; The comparative biology of ageing : a physiological approach; Discussion; The study of the ageing of cells; Discussion; Examples of reactions to standard stimuli at different ages; Studies on adaptation as a method of gerontological research; Discussion; Methods and limitations in studies of human organ system function; Comparative values of studies of the whole organism and of whole tissue ;  clinicopathological tests of ageing; Discussion

Nutrition, liver disease and some aspects of ageing in AfricansThe use of inbred strains of animals in experimental gerontology; Discussion; Twin data on the genetics of ageing; Discussion; Methodological problems in the study of changes in human performance with age; Methodology of the study of intelligence and emotion in ageing; Discussion; General Discussion; Chairman's closing remarks



Sommario/riassunto

The Novartis Foundation Series is a popular collection of the proceedings from Novartis Foundation Symposia, in which groups of leading scientists from a range of topics across biology, chemistry and medicine assembled to present papers and discuss results. The Novartis Foundation, originally known as the Ciba Foundation, is well known to scientists and clinicians around the world.