Practical applications of chaos theory to the modulation of human ageing: Nature prefers chaos to regularity

Biogerontology

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 75-90

  Kyriazis, Marios ^a  

^a British Longevity Society   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ageing; Chaos theory; Complexity; Dynamical disease; Dynamical systems; Fractals; Non linearity

Indexed keywords

AMINOGUANIDINE; AURINTRICARBOXYLIC ACID; CARNOSINE; METFORMIN; PRASTERONE; UBIDECARENONE;

AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CHAOTIC DYNAMICS; DEPRESSION; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG MECHANISM; EXERCISE; GERIATRIC DISORDER; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH; OSTEOARTHRITIS; OSTEOPOROSIS; PARKINSON DISEASE; PATIENT MONITORING; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STIMULATION; THEORY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING;

AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS;

EID: 0038324366     PISSN: 13895729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1023306419861     Document Type: Review

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