Table of Contents

PART I: What Is Aging?
1: Perspectives on Aging
2: Measuring Age-related Changes in Populations
3: Measuring Age-related Changes in Individuals
PART II: Why Do We Age?
4: Evolutionary and Comparative Aspects of Longevity and Senescence
PART III: How Do We Age?
5: Human Aging
6: Altering Aging: Interventions That Modify Longevity and Senescence
7: Genetic Determinants of Longevity in Animal Models
8: Genetic and Social Aspects of Aging in Humans
PART IV: What Is the Mechanistic Basis of Aging and Senscence?
9: Mechanisms Underlying the Transition from Health to Senescence
10: Stochastic Theories of Aging
11: Systemic Theories of Senescence
12: Senescence as a Breakdown of Intracellular Regulatory Processes
13: Senescence as a Breakdown of Intercellular Regulatory Processes
PART V: An Integrated Theory of Aging
14: A Theory of Aging over the Life Span
PART VI: What Can We Do about Aging?
15: Aging-related Research and Its Impact on Society

About the Author

Robert Arking is a Professor of Biological Sciences at Wayne State University. His research involves the mechanisms underlying the onset of senescenece in Drosophila.

Reviews

"This third edition is a timely and important contribution that compiles historical and recent research findings in a highly readable form and, as well, tackles some of the difficult conceptual problems in understanding aging"--American Journal of Human Biology