Theories and Mechanisms of Aging

Clinics in Geriatric Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 491-506

  Cefalu, Charles A ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AMITRIPTYLINE; BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; DIAZEPAM; DIGOXIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; ERYTHROMYCIN; FLUOXETINE; FLURAZEPAM; HISTAMINE H2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; KETOCONAZOLE; LIDOCAINE; METOPROLOL; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PARACETAMOL; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; PHENYTOIN; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; TETRACYCLINE DERIVATIVE; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; UNINDEXED DRUG; VALPROIC ACID;

AGING; ALOPECIA; AUTOREGULATION; BACTERIURIA; BLOOD VESSEL CALCIFICATION; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY HEIGHT; BONE DENSITY; BRAIN ATROPHY; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONFUSION; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONSTIPATION; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; DARK ADAPTATION; DECREASED APPETITE; DELUSION; DEPRESSION; DRUG ELIMINATION; DRUG METABOLISM; DYSPNEA; FALLING; GAIT DISORDER; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HALLUCINATION; HEARING LOSS; HEART BLOCK; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INTESTINAL DYSMOTILITY; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; KIDNEY FAILURE; LETHARGY; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIFESPAN; MICROFRACTURE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MYELOFIBROSIS; NAUSEA; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; OVERACTIVE BLADDER; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHOTOTOXICITY; PRESBYACUSIS; PRESBYOPIA; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; PULSE PRESSURE; REVIEW; SEIZURE; SIDE EFFECT; TELOMERE; THEORY; TINNITUS; VISUAL DISORDER; WEIGHT CHANGE;

AGING; AUTOIMMUNITY; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OXIDATIVE STRESS;

EID: 80555127284     PISSN: 07490690     EISSN: 18798853     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cger.2011.07.001     Document Type: Review

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