Mechanisms of the anorexia of aging—a review

Age

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2015, Pages

  Wysokiński, Adam ^a   Sobów, Tomasz ^a   Kłoszewska, Iwona ^a   Kostka, Tomasz ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

Author keywords

Anorexia of aging; Appetite loss; Elderly; Weight loss

Indexed keywords

AGOUTI RELATED PROTEIN; AMYLIN; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; CHOLECYSTOKININ; COCAINE AND AMPHETAMINE REGULATED TRANSCRIPT PEPTIDE; DECONGESTIVE AGENT; GALANIN; GASTROINTESTINAL HORMONE; GHRELIN; GLUCAGON LIKE PEPTIDE 1; INTERLEUKIN 1; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 6; LEPTIN; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; OPIATE PEPTIDE; OREXIN; OREXIN A; OREXIN B; PEPTIDE YY; PROTEIN P75; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNINDEXED DRUG;

AGING; ANOREXIA; COMORBIDITY; DELAYED GASTRIC EMPTYING; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; DIET THERAPY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG USE; FOOD INTAKE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SOCIAL ASPECT; STOMACH DISEASE; APPETITE; EATING; GASTROINTESTINAL ABSORPTION; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY;

AGING; ANOREXIA; APPETITE; EATING; GASTROINTESTINAL ABSORPTION; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; HUMANS;

EID: 84938596380     PISSN: 01619152     EISSN: 15744647     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11357-015-9821-x     Document Type: Review

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