Changing profile of health and function from age 70 to 85 years.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hearing impairment (HI) is a very common condition in elderly people and the epidemiology together with hearing-related problems is still poorly investigated. Moreover, the cognitive status may be impaired in relation to hearing function. OBJECTIVE:The goal of the study was to evaluate: (a) the prevalence o...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Cacciatore F,Napoli C,Abete P,Marciano E,Triassi M,Rengo F

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Paraneoplastic symptoms, caused by a malignancy, but not directly related to invasion by the tumor or its metastases, are the result of a wide variety of tumor-derived biologic mediators like hormones, peptides, antibodies, cytotoxic lymphocytes, autocrine and paracrine mediators. Systemic inflammatory rheumatic disea...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Szekanecz Z,Szekanecz E,Bakó G,Shoenfeld Y

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:New neurons are continuously generated and added to neural circuits in the adult brain. However, increasing age imposes changes in neural progenitor cells and their microenvironment that lead to a reduction of neurogenesis. Age-related decreased production of new neurons in the neurogenic dentate gyrus has been associ...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Seib DR,Martin-Villalba A

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neuropsychological research contributes to a better understanding of cognitive mechanisms involved in making advantageous decisions, which is important for everyday life. Using laboratory gambling tasks, it has been demonstrated that both structural and functional brain changes can result in disadvantageous decision-m...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Brand M,Markowitsch HJ

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The last 2 decades have brought an explosion of research, new products, and general attention to the problem of urinary urgency, and yet patients continue to be plagued by this symptom - especially the elderly. What is it? What does it mean? How can we guide patients successfully through this challenge? This paper pre...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Potts JM,Payne CK

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Both ageing and vitamin C (VC) deficiency result in immune defect. Since low serum and tissue levels of VC are found in the elderly, we have in a placebo-controlled study, tested the effect of VC supplements (500 mg/day i.m. for 1 month) on various immune parameters. Indeed, VC enhances the proliferative response of T...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Kennes B,Dumont I,Brohee D,Hubert C,Neve P

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Typically, subjective memory assessments (be it in form of single items or questionnaires) in old age only weakly correlate with the performance in objective memory tests at cross-section. It thus appears as if individual differences in subjective memory assessments hardly reflect individual differences in memory in o...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Zimprich D,Kurtz T

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The identification of modifiable health span-promoting factors is a public health priority. OBJECTIVE:To explore the socio-environmental, lifestyle, behavioural, and psychological determinants of a clinical phenotypic measure of biological ageing in the Singapore Longitudinal Ageing Study (SLAS) cohort. ...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Ng TP,Zhong X,Gao Q,Gwee X,Chua DQL,Larbi A

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Measurements of total exchangeable potassium and total exchangeable sodium, total body water and extracellular fluid volumes were made in 69 patients aged 30-90+ years, using multiple isotope techniques. The patients were not suffering from any chronic disorder or having potassium or diuretic therapy and were consider...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Cox JR,Shalaby WA

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We review findings on spousal interrelations in old age in such key domains as cognition, well-being, and health. Therein, we demonstrate that spousal interrelations may extend developmental options but may also make an individual vulnerable to the experience of loss. We address theoretical questions concerning possib...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Hoppmann C,Gerstorf D

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phagocytically stimulated canine leukocyte suspensions obtained from 12 young adult and 43 aged individuals were examined for several physiological manifestations of the phagocytically induced respiratory burst. There was considerable variation in levels of oxygen consumption, glucose oxidation via the hexose monophos...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Johnson DD,Renshaw HW,Warner DH,Browder EJ,Williams JD

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We use nerve tissue cultures as a model system for studying the mode of action of centrally acting drugs. Neurons in cerebellar cultures retain a number of organ-specific properties including the formation of complex synaptic networks and characteristic bioelectric activity. Electrical activity may be recorded from Pu...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Gähwiler BH

更新日期：1978-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glutamine synthetase (GS) activity was measured in whole brain, different brain areas, liver and heart of 23- to 26-month-old rats, and then compared to matched animals of 3 months. A significant increase of GS activity was found in whole brain (25%) of old rats, as well as in all brain areas studied, but particularly...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Cao Danh H,Strolin Benedetti M,Dostert P

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The biological rhythms of rectal temperature were documented in young (circadian variations) and elderly (circadian and seasonal variations) human subjects either in apparent good health or suffering from senile dementia of Alzheimer type (SDAT). All the subjects were synchronized. Data obtained showed a decrease of t...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Touitou Y,Reinberg A,Bogdan A,Auzéby A,Beck H,Touitou C

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Infections due to Streptococcus pneumoniae are the major cause of adult community-acquired pneumonia, especially in elderly persons with chronic medical conditions. Despite their well-documented efficacy against bacteraemic disease and deaths in the elderly population, pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccines ar...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Wagner C,Popp W,Posch M,Vlasich C,Rosenberger-Spitzy A

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:L-tryptophan (L-T) was added at a dose of 150-450 mg daily to eight Parkinsonian patients who developed visual hallucinations with paranoidal features under L-dopa (L-D) treatment (112.5-75 mg daily) in combination with alpha-methyldopa hydrazine (12.5-75 mg daily). In six patients L-T ameliorated the symptomatology b...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Rabey JM,Vardi J,Askenazi JJ,Streifler M

更新日期：1977-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fishes exhibit a 'determinate' type of growth in short-lived species of warmer regions and an 'indeterminate' type in long-lived species of colder regions. Growth is measured in units of length and weight and is best represented as the specific growth rate. The relationship between weight and length provides an index ...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Dutta H

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Still's disease is very rare in elderly patients. We report a case of Still's disease in an elderly patient that had an atypical initial presentation. A 76-year-old woman developed unexplained chronic anemia and thrombocytosis. Three years later she had acute onset of high fever, arthritis, maculopapular rash, pleurit...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Vilá LM,Molina MJ

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anaerobic bacteremia occurred in 68 patients over the age of 60 in a university hospital. These elderly patients were more likely than younger patients to have an underlying malignancy. Anaerobes involved included Bacteroides fragilis group (64 isolates), Bacteroides melaninogenicus group (11) and Clostridium species ...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Terpenning MS

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:In Germany, there is an ongoing concern about the high prevalence of underweight on admission to health-care institutions. In order to assess possible sex-specific differences, the aim of this study is to provide valid figures about the prevalence and risk factors of underweight of men and women in German nur...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Strube-Lahmann S,Müller-Werdan U,Norman K,Skarabis H,Lahmann NA

更新日期：2021-01-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Age differences in decision-making are of theoretical interest and have important practical implications, but relevant lines of work are distributed across multiple disciplines and often lack integration. The present review proposes an overarching conceptual framework with the aim of connecting disjointed aspects of t...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Löckenhoff CE

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The hippocampus is a structure equipped with a high degree of flexibility and adaptation. In contrast to most structures of the adult central nervous system, the hippocampus can rely on a form of plasticity known as neurogenesis. The continuous provision of new neurons derived from resident adult neural stem cells app...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Couillard-Despres S,Iglseder B,Aigner L

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:It has been proposed that active engagement with life may protect against cognitive decline. However, existing instruments for measuring life engagement have covered limited domains. OBJECTIVE:To present a new instrument to measure engagement with life; the RIASEC Activities List draws on activities categor...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Parslow RA,Jorm AF,Christensen H,Mackinnon A

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The 'use it or lose it' hypothesis of cognitive aging predicts that engagement in intellectual, social, and physical activities offers protective benefits from age-related cognitive decline and lowers dementia risk. Although this hypothesis has not yet been supported conclusively, there is some empirical evidence in f...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Bielak AA

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Creatine phosphokinase (CPK) has been shown to provide the initial ATP for muscle contraction. The effect of wheel running on CPK levels was compared in hindleg and cardiac muscles of young, intermediate-age and old outbred CW-1 and inbred C57BL mice. Short-term (5 weeks) and long-term (over 12 months) regimens were u...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Steinhagen-Thiessen E,Reznick AZ

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To focus on diagnostic and therapeutic problems of pulmonary embolism in the elderly. METHODS:Retrospective analysis of 5 years of clinical, instrumental, and laboratory data (collected at the time of hospital admission) for patients 65 years and older with pulmonary embolism proven by a high-probability sci...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Masotti L,Ceccarelli E,Cappelli R,Guerrini M,Forconi S

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:It is known that growth factors play a role in ageing and atherogenesis, and insulin develops mitogenic activity in vitro. OBJECTIVES:This study focuses on the pathway by which insulin induces proliferation and mobility in vascular smooth muscle cells (SMCs) compared with that of insulin-like growth factor-...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Ruiz-Torres A,Lozano R,Melón J,Carraro R

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although white matter changes visible with MRI are generally considered to result from ischemia, it has become clear that these changes also appear in patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD). However, their significance in AD is unknown. OBJECTIVE:We evaluated the clinical significance of white matter change...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Kono I,Mori S,Nakajima K,Nakagawa M,Watanabe Y,Kizu O,Yamada K,Sakai Y

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One of the problems associated with using random-source dogs to study in vivo vascular responses is their unknown background. Since aging is known to influence vascular responses, unknown variations in age could influence experimental results. The vast majority of aging studies examine arteries in vitro. This study wa...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Kaiser L,Ptu S

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The concentrations of noradrenaline and adrenaline were studied in specimens of the posterior tibial artery obtained from 18 subjects at postmortem examination. The mean noradrenaline concentration was 167 ng/g artery (range 17-449 ng/g) and the mean adrenaline concentration was 5 ng/g (range 0--21 ng/g). There was no...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Neubauer B,Christensen NJ

更新日期：1978-01-01 00:00:00