PART I: HISTORY AND CONFLUX
Chapter 1: How hormones, as ancient signalling molecules, regulate diverse biological processes through evolution. J.R. Tata, NIMR, UK (email: jrtata134@clara.co.uk)
Chapter 2: Somatotropic axis' role in ageing and longevity could depend on life-history strategies of species. Eric Le Bourg, Toulouse, France (email: eric.le-bourg@univ-tlse3.fr)
PART II: GROWTH, STRESS AND METABOLISM
Chapter 3: Glucocorticoid hormones in aging. B. Kharwanlang and R. Sharma, NEHU, India (email: sharamesh@gmail.com)
Chaper 4: Zinc, Insulin and IGF-I interplay in aging. Marco Malavolta et. al., Ancona, Italy (email: m.malavolta@inrca.it; e.mocchegiani@inrca.it)Chapter 5: Growth hormone and IGF-1 axis in aging and longevity. Isao Shimokawa, Nagasaki, Japan (email: shimo@nagasaki-u.ac.jp)
Chapter 6: Thyroi
d function in healthy ageing and longevity. N. Aggarwal and Salman Razvi, UK (email: salman.razvi@newcastle.ac.uk)Chapter 7: TGF-β in development and ageing. Dimitris Kletsas, Athens, Greece (email: dkletsas@bio.demokritos.gr)
PART III: NEUROENDOCRINE AND RHYTHMS
Chapter 8: Hormones of hypothalamus in aging. Gurcharan Kaur and J. Parkash, GNDU, India (email: kgurcharan.neuro@yahoo.com)
Chapter 9: Environmental and physiological cues on the hypothalamus during aging. Jan Nehlin, Odense, Denmark (email: jnehlin@health.sdu.dk; jnehlin@yahoo.com)Chapter 10: Melatonin in healthy aging and longevity. Ruediger Hardeland, Gottingen, Germany (email: rhardel@gwdg.de)
Chapter 11: Hormones in clock regulation during ageing. Anita Jagota, Hyderabad, India (email: anitajagota01@gmail.com)
PART IV: BRAIN, IMMUNITY AND CYTOKININS
Chapter 12: Estrogens in aging. M.K. Thakur and Vijay Pramanik, BHU, India (email: mktian2007@gmail.com)Chapter 13: Cytokines and aging. Pramod C. Rath, JNU, India (email: pramod.rath@gmail.com)
Chapter 14: Plant hormone cytokinins for modulating human aging and age-related diseases. Jiri Voller et al., Oloumoc, Czech Republic (email: jirivoller@gmail.com)