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Reduction due to ageing of TSH-stimulated thyroid hormone release in the cream hamster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 P. Neve and J. Van Sande (Brussels, Belgium) Effects of age on glycogen synthase and phosphorylase activities in rat liver . . . . . . 13 R.L. Khandelwal, T.L. Enno and N. Narayanan (Saskatchewan, Canada) Arresting development arrests aging in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans . . . . . . 23 T.E. Johnson, D.H. Mitchell, S. Kline, R. Kemal and J. Foy (Boulder, CO and Boston, MA) Changes of [3HIspiroperidol binding in the renal artery of aged rabbits . . . . . . . . . 41 W.L. Collier, L. lacopino and F. Amenta (Rome and Messina, Italy) Admission criteria for immunogerontological studies in man: The SENIE'UR protocol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 G.J. Ligthart, J.X. Corberand, C. Foumier, P. Galanaud, W. Hijmans, B. Kennes, H.K. Miiller-Hermelink and G.G. Steinmann (Toulouse and Paris, France, Leiden, The Netherlands, Montigny-le-Tilleul, Belgium and Kid, F.R.G.) Clonal aging in Paramecium tetraurelia. Absence of evidence for a cytoplasmic factor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 K.J. Aufderheide (College Station, TX) Autostimulatory adherent cells in the spleen of aging mice: Characterization in the syngeneic host-versus-graft reaction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 M. Hosono, K. Inaba, K. Yano, Y. Katsura and S. Muramatsu (Kyoto, Japan) Structural comparisons of fibronectins isolated from early and late passage c e l l s . . . 83 J.A. Sorrentino and A.J.T. MiUis (Albany, NY) Age changes in size and number of muscle fibers in human minor pectoral muscle., 99 T. Sato, H. Akatsuka, K. Kito, Y. Tokoro, H. Tauchi, K. Kato (Nagoya and Aichi, Japan) The effect of sequential multiple grafting of syngeneic newborn thymus on the immune functions and life expectancy of aging mice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111 K. Hirokawa and M. Utsuyama (Tokyo, Japan) Lack of correlation between serum cholesterol levels, lymphocyte plasma membrane fluidity and mitogen responsiveness in young and aged chickens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123 K.N. Traill, K. Ratheiser, H. Dietrich, S. Sailer, J.L. Zevenbergen and G. Wick (Innsbruck, Austria and Vlaardingen, The Netherlands) 0047-6374/84/$03.00 Printed and Published in Ireland
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352 Age changes of chromatin. A review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Z.A. Medvedev (London, U.K.) Interaction between elastin and elastases and its role in the aging of the arterial wall, skin and other connective tissues. A review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L. Robert, M.P. Jacob, C. Frances, G. Godeau and W. Hornebeck (Creteil Cedex, France) Differences among the three major categories of paraproteinaemias in aging man and the mouse. A minireview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . J. Radl (Rijswijk, The Netherlands) Alterations in the molecular weight distribution of proteins in rat brain synaptosomes during aging and centrophenoxine treatment of old rats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . K. Nagy and I. Zs.-Nagy (Debrecen, Hungary) Intracellular determinants of cell aging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L. Hayrick (Gainesville, FL) Glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenase activity in rat and human lenses and the fate of enzyme molecules in the aging lens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A. Dovrat, J. Scharf and D. Gershon (Haifa, Israel) Immunological aspects of aging: Early changes in thymic activity . . . . . . . . . . . . . M.M.B. Kay (Temple, TX) Enzymes and survival . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D.A. Hall (Leeds, U.K.) Anti-hypertensive therapy in the elderly and its effect on cerebral function . . . . . . R.S.W. Middleton (Leeds, U.K.) Age affects the metabolic rate of insect brain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . M. Kern and G. Wegener (Mainz, F.R.G.) Serum cholesterol and triglyceride levels in progeria as a model of ageing . . . . . . . . T. Szamosi, J. Szollgr, V. Meggyesi, O. Wilhelm, H. Bod~nszky and J. M~ityus (Budapest, Gy6r and Sz~kesfeh6rv~r, Hungary) Biological and clinical consequences on longitudinal studies in rodents: Their possibilities and limitations. An overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C.F. Hollander, H.A. Solleveld, C. Zurcher, A.L. Nooteboom and M.J. Van Zwieten (Rijswijk, The Netherlands) Genetic study of high longevity index populations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . N.G. Lelashvili and S.M. Dalakishvili (Tbilisi, USSR) The effect of tobacco smoking on the bone mineral content of the ageing skeleton . A. Rundgren and D. Mellstr6m (G6teborg, Sweden) Heterochromatinization as a key factor in aging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . T.A. Lezhava (Georgia, USSR) Antibodies against ss-DNA in persons of various age . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A. Kasjanov, L. Cebecauer and V. Balg~ (Malacky and Pie~tany, Czechoslovakia)
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353 Superoxide dismutase, catalase and lipid peroxidation in liver of young mice of different ages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . S. Imre, F. T6th and J. Fachet (Debrecen, Hungary) The role of the left ventricle in the shape of the arterial pressure wave as affected by age . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C. Sebban, C. Debouzy, B. Tesolin, F. Lusseyran and P. Berthaux (Paris anti Orsay, France) Interrelation between body composition and endocrine system in healthy elderly people . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I. W6rum, T. Ftil6p, Jr., J. Csongor, G. F6ris and A. Le6vey (Debrecen, Hungary) The influence of persistent crowding on the age changes of bahavioral parameters and survival characteristics of rats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . M. Skalicky, H. Bubna-Littitz and G. Hofecker (Vienna, Austria) In vitro effect of thyroid hormones on lipolysis of rat fat cells during aging . . . . . . M. Delhaye, D. Caucheteux, H. Genn~ and A. Gommers (Brussels, Belgium) Author Index Volume 28 (1984) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Subject Index Volume 28 (1984) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Volume Contents Volume 28 (1984) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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