Dietary Restriction and Aging

Partial table of contents: LIFE SPAN AND PATHOLOGY. The Design of the Lobund Aging Study and the Growth and Survival of the Lobund-Wistar Rat (D. Snyder & B. Wostmann). Spontaneous Diseases in Aging Lobund-Wistar Rats (M. Pollard & P. Luckert). IMMUNOLOGY. How Does Dietary Restriction Retard Diseases and Aging? (R. Weindruch). Immune Function in Aging Rats: Effects of Germfree Status and Caloric Restriction (K. Eberly & E. Bruckner-Kardoss). ENDOCRINOLOGY. The Effect of Dietary Restriction on Serum Hormone and Blood Chemistry Changes in Aging Lobund-Wistar Rats (D. Snyder & B. Towne). Age-Related Changes in Adrenal Catecholamine Levels and Medullary Structure in Male Lobund-Wistar Rats (N. Nekvasil & T. Kingsley). NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY. Evidence that Underfeeding Acts via the Neuroendocrine System to Influence Aging Processes (J. Meites). Adenohypophysial Changes in Conventional, Germfree, and Food-Restricted Aging Lobund-Wistar Rats: A Histologic, Immunocytochemical and Electron Microscopic Study (K. Kovacs, et al.). GASTROINTESTINAL PHYSIOLOGY. Effect of Dietary Restriction on Gastrointestinal Cell Growth (P. Holt). Fatty Acid Compositional Changes in Germfree and Conventional Young and Old Rats (G. Bruckner & K. Gannoe-Hale). NUTRITIONAL BIOCHEMISTRY. Cellular Antioxidant Defense System (L. Chen & S. Lowry). CELLULAR BIOCHEMISTRY. An Overview of Age-Related Changes in Proteins (M. Rothstein). Index.