Introduction Flashcards
What are the geriatric giants?
What is compression of morbidity?
What is strehler’s concepts of ageing?’
What are the popular theories of ageing?
what is the wear and tear theory of ageing?
What is the adaptive evolutionary theory of ageing?
What is antagonistic pleiotropy?
What is the disposable soma theory of ageing?
What are the different mechanisms of ageing?
What is neuroendocrinology of ageing?
What are the genetic mechanisms of ageing?
What is cellular ageing?
What protects stem cells from senescence?
Telomerase
What is cellular senescence associated with?
Telomere shortening
What cellular process precipitate cellular senescence?
What causes DNA damage as we age?
Balance between ROS and antioxidants affects what?
Cellular ageing
Which conditions accumulate dysfunctional proteins?
