Hard Tissue Augmentation of Aged Bone by Means of a Tin-Free PLLA-PCL Co-Polymer Exhibiting in vivo Anergy and Long-Term Structural Stability.

abstract：:Cell surface of chick fibroblasts were labelled by a short treatment with 125I in presence of lactoperoxidase. A glycoprotein (220,000 molec. wt) was iodinated and was present in a more exposed position or in greater amounts at the surface of old phase III cells compared to young phase II cells. The findings extend ou...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Courtois Y,Hughes RC

更新日期：1976-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Demented elderly patients unable to eat independently and often refusing food are threatened by malnutrition. Therefore, we determined in 6 female patients aged 74-100 with senile dementia the average daily food consumption within a 3-week period by the exact weighing methods on six occasions. The average daily energy...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Stähelin HB,Hofer HO,Vogel M,Held C,Seiler WO

更新日期：1983-01-01 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：:Dietary intake, sunlight exposure and 25-hydroxy-vitamin D levels were estimated in 62 patients admitted to a geriatric assessment unit. There was a significant correlation between vitamin D intake and 25-hydroxy-vitamin D levels but none between sunlight exposure and these. This suggests that in old age dietary defic...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Nayal AS,MacLennan WJ,Hamilton JC,Rose P,Kong M

更新日期：1978-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine the relationships between upper extremity function (UEF) and mortality, need for social assistance and change of residence, at discharge from hospital and at 1 month following discharge. METHODS:Observational, cohort study. SETTING:Acute Geriatric Unit of a Tertiary Teaching Hospital. SUBJECTS:3...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Abizanda P,Navarro JL,Romero L,León M,Sánchez-Jurado PM,Domínguez L

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The experimental evidence is reviewed which bears on the theory that aging in mammalian cells may be related to a decline in the efficiency of normal DNA repair processes. Although the data are as yet fragmentary, they do suggest that there is an age-associated decline in the capacity of cells to perform at least cert...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Little JB

更新日期：1976-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cyclic AMP-dependent and -independent protein kinase have been isolated from livers of rats at 3, 9, 18 and 30 months of age. A preliminary characterization reported here reveals that in addition to a decrease in their activities due to ageing and a likely shift to cyclic AMP-independent casein kinase activity at 30 m...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Kumar R,Chiero L,Rodriguez D

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Adults aged 65 years and older stand to benefit from the accumulating wealth of Internet-based health resources, including online interventions to assist in the self-management of chronic health conditions. However, concerns have been expressed that lesser Internet use and familiarity among older adults may ...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Crabb RM,Rafie S,Weingardt KR

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Older adults are stereotypically considered to be risk averse compared to younger age groups, although meta-analyses on age and the influence of gain/loss framing on risky choices have not found empirical evidence for age differences in risk-taking. OBJECTIVE:The current study extends the investigation of a...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Best R,Freund AM

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The oral cavity is a reservoir for colonization and infection of systemic organs by pathogenic bacteria. It is understood that aging, tooth eruption, hormonal changes, active disease, oral hygiene, and other factors have an influence on biofilm formation and bacterial accumulation in the oral cavity. OBJECT...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Senpuku H,Sogame A,Inoshita E,Tsuha Y,Miyazaki H,Hanada N

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Many studies have demonstrated an inverse relationship between gait performance and cognitive impairment. The main purposes of this study were: (1) to design and validate a complex gait test (CGT) in older people, (2) to analyze the effects of age and sex on CGT, and (3) to analyze the association between CG...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Latorre Román PÁ,Muñoz Jiménez M,Salas Sánchez J,Consuegra González P,Moreno Del Castillo R,Herrador Sánchez JA,López Ivanco MDA,Linares Jiménez C,Navas Morales JF,Párraga Montilla JA

更新日期：2020-01-01 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：: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：:Two kinds of evidence, taken in conjunction, indicate that Orgel's theory is inapplicable to a wide range of disorders of senescence in man. The age dependence and the anatomical distribution of the lesions of such disorders imply a Burnet type 'forbidden clone' theory of ageing. We describe the difficulty of establis...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Burch PR,Jackson D

更新日期：1976-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:As more people survive into old age, a greater number are becoming eligible for dialysis treatment for end-stage renal failure. In the UK the elderly have previously been excluded from treatment programmes, and continuing financial constraints are unlikely to improve this situation. There are few data on the...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Ahmed S,Addicott C,Qureshi M,Pendleton N,Clague JE,Horan MA

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Some authors have hypothesised that life expectancy at birth could reach 100 years in developed countries in the next decades. Using recent data for French women, it is shown that life expectancy changes from 1993 to 2016 are mainly linked to mortality rates of oldest women. In recent years, it happened that life expe...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Le Bourg E

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Over the past decades, information about the characteristics of attractiveness has accumulated. We know about eight pillars of beauty, among them youthfulness, symmetry, hormone markers and body odor. But what is the biological function of these attractive signals? Is there one common function to be found in all eight...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Oberzaucher E,Grammer K

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This review focuses on 3 allergic disorders of persons coming up against venerable age: asthma, allergic rhinitis, and atopic dermatitis. The prevalence of allergic diseases in the elderly ranges from 5 to 10% and appears to be rising. A gradual decline in immune function, termed immunosenescence, and age-related chan...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Milgrom H,Huang H

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lymphopenia is a common finding in old people admitted to medical and psychiatric wards. We describe a pilot study of the clinical associations, and prognostic significance of lymphopenia in elderly persons admitted to acute medical and psychiatric wards. Consecutive patients admitted to acute medical and psychiatric ...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Dennis MS,Nicolson A,Lehmann AB,Junaid O,Byrne EJ,Hopkinson N

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The spectrum of aldimine cross-link bonds of skin collagen is dependent on the localization of the examined material. In correlation to this, there is no synchronous behaviour of cross-linkage in the aging process. The age-dependent decrease of HLNL and the increase of DHLNL in the collagen of tail tendon is only unsu...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Ruiz-Torres A

更新日期：1978-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of centrophenixine has been studied on the monovalent electrolyte contents of the brain cortical cells of old female Wistar rats by means of energy dispersive x-ray microanalysis. The drug was administered in form of an intraperitoneal injection of 100 mg/kg body weight for 20 days. The treatment decreased ...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Zs-Nagy I,Pieri C,Giuli C,Del Moro M

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Age-related changes of muscle fiber and collagen content of the diaphragm (DIA) and rectus abdominis (RA) muscles were examined in rats aged 1, 4, 8 and 18 months. The cross-sectional areas of all muscle fiber types (I, IIa, IIb) and the amount of collagen in both DIA and RA increased up to the age of 8 months after w...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Rodrigues CJ,Rodrigues Júnior AJ,Bohm GM

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Thyroid hormones have significant effects on the cardiovascular systems. In general, hyperthyroidism is associated with an increased risk of dysrhythmias, while hypothyroidism may cause atherosclerosis. Recent large studies have sought to identify aging-associated changes in thyroid function and their releva...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Barbesino G

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sarcopenia is a complex and multifactorial disease that includes a decrease in the number, structure and physiology of muscle fibers, and age-related muscle mass loss, and is associated with loss of strength, increased frailty, and increased risk for fractures and falls. Treatment options are suboptimal and consist of...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Naranjo JD,Dziki JL,Badylak SF

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Recent studies have shown that vitamin D status may be relevant for physical and cognitive performance in the older population. This association may be of particular interest to older people at risk for cognitive impairment and functional decline. OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to determine the associa...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Gschwind YJ,Bischoff-Ferrari HA,Bridenbaugh SA,Härdi I,Kressig RW

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Each year, influenza and its complications account for 10,000-40,000 excess deaths in the United States. Over 80% of these deaths occur among the elderly. The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices for the US Public Health Service and others recommend that all persons 65 years of age and older as well a...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Nichol KL,Margolis KL,Wouremna J,von Sternberg T

更新日期：1996-01-01 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：:In the absence of a single marker that reliably reflects biological aging, or even an exact definition of biological age, compound aging scores that combine multiple aging biomarkers into a single composite aging score can quantitatively reflect the age-related changes over time. If aging is viewed as the broad accumu...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Shamir L

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The characteristics of long-stay patients (defined as those staying more than 6 months) have been studied in a prospective series of 2,405 admissions. 5.6% become long-stay patients and they were more likely to be women, to be readmissions, to have been admitted from an old people's home, to have been non-emergency ad...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Hodkinson I,Hodkinson HM

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:During development and aging, as well as under hypoxia, many cells can adapt to a stressful environment, while others are damaged and die by apoptosis. In particular, intermittent hypoxia, i.e., hypoxia followed by reoxygenation, determines different responses in young and adult myocardia. OBJECTIVE:In the ...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Bianchi G,Di Giulio C,Rapino C,Rapino M,Antonucci A,Cataldi A

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00