Author: Pierpaoli, Walter; Regelson, William; & Fabris, Nicola; editors:
Title: The Aging Clock: The Pineal Gland & Other Pacemakers in the Progression of Aging & Carcinogenesis
Description: New York, New York Academy of Sciences, 1994. orig.wrappers. 23x15cm, xv,588 pp, Series: Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, Volume 719 / Third Stromboli Conference on Aging & Cance. Textual graphs & tables.. Some light page-edge soil. Minor rubbing. VG. ¶ Contains 44 papers. Includes: R.J. Reiter; et al: "Melatonin as a Free Radical Scavenger: Implications for Aging & Age-Related Diseases"; H.-W. Korf "The Pineal Organ as a Component of the Biological Clock: Phylogenetic & Ontogenetic Considerations"; W. Humbert & P. Pevet "The Decrease of Pineal Melatonin Production with Age: Causes & Consequences"; N. Prosenc & J. Cervós-Navarro "Ultrastructural Morphology of the Aged Pineal"; L.N. Edmunds, Jr. "Clocks, Cell Cycles, Cancer, & Aging: Role of the Adenylate Cyclase-Cyclic AMP-Phosphodiesterase Axis in Signal Transduction Between Circadian Oscillator & Cell Division Cycle"; L. Piantanelli; et al: "Modelling the Link between Aging & Mortality Rate"; G.Huether "Melatonin Synthesis in the Gastrointestinal Tract & the Impact of Nutritional Factors on Circulating Melatonin"; A. Turturro; et al: " Mechanisms of Caloric Restriction Affecting Aging & Disease"; W. Meier- Ruge; et al: "What is Primary & What Secondary for Amyloid Deposition in Alzheimer's Disease?"; N. Vassiljev; et al: "The Pineal Gland & Immunity"; E. Mocchegiani; et al: "The Zinc-Melatonin Interrelationship: A Working Hypothesis"; N. Fabris "Neuroendocrine-Immune Aging: An Integrative View on the Role of Zinc"; Y. Touitou & E. Haus "Aging of the Human Endocrine & Neuroendocrine Time Structure"; P.E. Kloeden; et al: "Artificial Life Extension: The Epigenetic Approach"; T. Giraldi; et al: "Stress, Melatonin & Tumor Progression in Mice"; etc.

Keywords: Neuroendocrinology, Endocrinology, Human Physiology, Biochemistry, Pineal Gland, Aging Cancer, Pathophysiology, Neoplasms, Biological Clocks