The Increasing Importance of Friendship in Late Life: Understanding the Role of Sociohistorical Context in Social Development.

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：:The Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome (HPS) is an autosomal recessive disease characterized by a triad of oculocutaneous albinism, accumulation of auto-fluorescent ceroid-like pigments within macrophages, and bleeding tendency due to a storage pool disease of the platelets. We report an autopsy case (39y, male), who died of p...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Ohbayashi C,Kanomata N,Imai Y,Ito H,Shimasaki H

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The rates of collagen fibril formation are, under otherwise identical conditions, a function of the age of the acid-soluble rat tail tendon collagen utilized. The rate is most rapid with young adult (165 day) collagen, which exhibits no induction period before collagen multimerization begins. In contrast, 21-day colla...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Brooks C,Simons ER

更新日期：1978-01-01 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：BACKGROUND:Being able to rise from a chair is an important daily life activity that requires sufficient lower extremity muscle power and postural control. OBJECTIVE:To assess the effects of an individually tailored intervention on the chair rise capacity of active and inactive community-dwelling older men and women. ...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Tikkanen P,Lönnroos E,Sipilä S,Nykänen I,Sulkava R,Hartikainen S

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Future time perspective has been associated with subjective well-being, though depending on the line of research considered either an open-ended future time perspective or a limited future time perspective has been associated with high well-being. Most of this research however has conceptualized future time ...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Kozik P,Hoppmann CA,Gerstorf D

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The conditioned avoidance response and the cerebral levels of dopamine and noradrenaline have been studied in control rats and in rats submitted to a hypobaric hypoxia. A protection against the effects of hypoxia was induced by both dihydroergocornine (20 microgram/kg) and dihydroergocryptine (100 microgram/kg), and t...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Boismare F,Le Poncin M,Lefrançois J

更新日期：1978-01-01 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：: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：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: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：BACKGROUND:The leading causes of death and disability in the elderly are from cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases. The biological role of stem cells in the hematopoietic system has been well characterized and has led to the development of hematopoietic stem and progenitor cell (HSPC) transplantation for the tre...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Williams BA,Keating A

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Recruiting older adults, their family members and their home care workers as participants in research studies is particularly complicated. This might be due to medical or cognitive problems of the older adult as well as the high workload and shortage of time experienced by caregivers. The present study compa...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Green O,Ayalon L

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate acceptance and usage issues in relation to Telehealth products as used by frail older clients of the Transition Care Program and their carers. METHOD:The study design was a quasi-randomised controlled clinical trial. A stratified random sample of participants was allocated to one of five groups usin...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Wade R,Shaw K,Cartwright C

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The common cause account suggests that there is a third factor causing aging effects in both sensory and cognitive functioning, hypothesized to be the integrity of the central nervous system [Lindenberger and Baltes; Psychol Aging 1994;9:339-355]. Importantly, the common cause account was developed based on ...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Sternäng O,Jonsson B,Wahlin A,Nyberg L,Nilsson LG

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Disturbance of vertical eye movement and ocular convergence is often observed in elderly people, but little is known about its frequency. OBJECTIVE:The purpose of this study was to investigate age-associated changes in vertical eye movement and convergence in healthy elderly people, using a digital video ca...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Oguro H,Okada K,Suyama N,Yamashita K,Yamaguchi S,Kobayashi S

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To develop a new method for accurately predicting creatinine clearance (Ccr) in the debilitated elderly without urine collections, the total muscle volume of both thighs (MV thigh), as a new predictive parameter, was calculated using computed tomography in 68 debilitated patients aged 61-92 years. A regression line be...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Sanaka M,Takano K,Shimakura K,Koike Y,Mineshita S

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:(Na+-K+)-ATPase is an enzyme responsible for ionic homeostasis in excitable tissues. Thus, the activity of this enzyme is essential for the maintenance of optimal function of the cerebral cortex. Although abnormalities of cerebral oxidative metabolism have been described in aging, these abnormalities do not appear to ...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： LaManna JC,Doull G,McCracken K,Harik SI

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Arterial aging is a cornerstone of organismal aging. The central arterial wall structurally and functionally remodels under chronic proinflammatory stress over a lifetime. The low-grade proinflammation that accompanies advancing age causes arterial wall thickening and stiffening. These structural and functional altera...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Wang M,Monticone RE,Lakatta EG

更新日期：2014-01-01 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：:In three mouse lineages it was found that during the 18- to 60-day interval after formalin fixation, brain weight was inversely proportional to the age at sacrifice, as was the decline in the weight of the brain during this period. In a second study using rat subjects it was confirmed that the aging difference is due ...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Douglas RJ,Clark GM,Truncer PC,Treneer CM

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of a multifactorial memory training program designed for normal older adults. The multifactorial program involved the training of three components that are critical to memory functioning: recoding operations, attentional functions and relaxation. Two controls groups...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Stigsdotter A,Bäckman L

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A profound influence of steroidal (and possibly growth) hormone change during aging on the P-450 functions has been found in male rats. Direct and rapid autonomic nervous controls on glycogen metabolism in the liver is also greatly affected by aging. However, neither the responses of isolated rat hepatocyte preparatio...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Kitani K

更新日期：1988-01-01 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：: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

abstract：:To determine the influence of age, disease and other factors on anthropometric indices in elderly subjects aged 70 years and above, body mass index (BMI), arm muscle circumference (AMC), corrected arm muscle area (CAMA), fat-free mass (FFM) and total body fat (TBF) were determined in a random sample of 990 Chinese men...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Woo J,Ho SC,Sham A,Yuen YK,Chan SG

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Wheelchairs are frequently prescribed for residents with mobility impairments in long-term care. Many residents receive poorly fitting wheelchairs, compromising functional independence and mobility, and contributing to subsequent health issues such as pressure ulcers. The extent of this problem and the facto...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Giesbrecht EM,Mortenson WB,Miller WC

更新日期：2012-01-01 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：BACKGROUND:Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disorder in middle and late age. Ribosomal RNA (rRNA) genes are located in the nucleolus (nucleolar organizer regions = NORs). There are increased deposits of beta-amyloid protein in the brains of the patients with AD and aged individuals with Down's syndrome (...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Dönmez-Altuntaş H,Akalin H,Karaman Y,Demirtaş H,Imamoğlu N,Ozkul Y

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The results of the very few histochemical studies that have been performed so far on the lectin-binding profile of normal human epidermis are mostly controversial; thus, the carbohydrate residue composition of the cell surface in the latter still remains in dispute and the possible alterations in the epiderm...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Georgiou S,Pasmatzi E,Monastirli A,Sakkis T,Alachioti S,Tsambaos D

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00