Hormones and Aging

Dr. Litwack has authored 3 textbooks on biochemistry and hormones (one with John Wiley & Sons and 2 with Academic Press/Elsevier) and he has edited more than 70 volumes in the Vitamins & Hormones series (Academic Press/Elsevier); he has edited 14 volumes entitled Biochemical Actions of Hormones (Academica Press); He has edited (with David Kritchevsky) Actions of Hormones on Molecular Processes (Academic Press)

• PrefaceGerald Litwack1. Aging and the hypothalamic-pituitary-thyroid axisLeonidas H. Duntas2. Hypothalamic aging and hormonesZi-Jian Cai3. Hypothalamic gene transfer of BDNF promotes healthy agingLei Cao, Seemaab Ali and Nicholas J. Queen4. Melatonin and healthy agingDaniel P. Cardinali5. Luteinizing hormone and the aging brainMegan Mey, Sabina Bhatta and Gemma Casadesus6. Leptin regulation of hippocampal synaptic function in health and diseaseKirsty Hamilton and Jenni Harvey7. Endocannabinoids and aging—Inflammation, neuroplasticity, mood and painYongsoon Park and Bruce A. Watkins8. Parathyroid hormone levels and aging: Effect on balanceLavanya Murthy and Gustavo Duque9. Insulin and agingMirian Ayumi Kurauti, Gabriela Moreira Soares, Carine Marmentini, Gabriela Alves Bronczek, Renato Chaves Souto Branco and Antonio Carlos Boschero10. Sirtuins and the prevention of immunosenescenceDenise Lasigliè11. Alterations in cyclic nucleotide signaling are implicated in healthy aging and age-related pathologies of the brainNicole Gorny and Michy P. Kelly12. Aging and FGF23-klotho systemMakoto Kuro-O13. Aging and sex hormones in malesMaria Chiara Decaroli, Sara De Vincenti and Vincenzo Rochira14. Sexual dimorphism, aging and immunityVeena Taneja15. Hormones and bone loss across the menopause transitionArun S. Karlamangla, Albert Shieh and Gail A. Greendale16. Relaxin abrogates genomic remodeling of the aged heartGuillermo Romero and Guy Salama17. Role of FoxO transcription factors in aging-associated cardiovascular diseasesSneha Mishra, Venkatraman Ravi and Nagalingam Ravi Sundaresan18. Ghrelin and adipokines: An overview of their physiological role, antimicrobial activity and impact on cardiovascular conditionsLuís Perpétuo, Pierre Marie Voisin, Francisco Amado, Christophe Hirtz and Rui Vitorino19. Sex hormones and cognition in agingCaroline Gurvich, Jessica Le, Natalie Thomas, Elizabeth H. X. Thomas and Jayashri Kulkarni20. Role of hormones in sarcopeniaPriego T, Martín AI, González-Hedström D, Granado M, López-Calderón A and Daniel Cardalini21. Sources of lumbar back pain during aging and potential therapeutic targetsT. Peter Li, Amit Jain and Xu Cao22. Leydig cell aging: Molecular mechanisms and treatmentsV. Papadopoulos and B. Zirkin23. Adiponectin/AdipoRs signaling as a key player in testicular aging and associated-metabolic disordersMayank Choubey, Ashutosh Ranjan and Amitabh Krishna