Stephen Benjamin
Caleb Finch, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
John Guerin
James Nelson
S. Jay Olshansky
George Roth
Roy Smith
P. Michael Conn, Oregon Regional Primate Research Center, Beaverton, USA
Description
This Handbook is designed as the only comprehensive work available that covers the diversity of aging models currently available. For
each animal model, it presents key aspects of biology, nutrition, factors affecting life span, methods of age determination, use in research,
and disadvantages/advantes of use. Chapters on comparative models take a broad sweep of age-related diseases, from Alzheimer's to joint
disease, cataracts, cancer, and obesity. In addition, there is an historical overview and discussion of model availability, key methods,
and ethical issues.
Audience:
Researchers interested in the mechanisms of aging, gerontologists, health professionals, and allied health professionals and students
