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Cumulative Subject Index 



Birds, ageing in, 3, 9 



arteriosclerosis in, 5, 106-114 



expectation of life in, 1,4 



in research on ageing, 1, 177 



lifespan of, 3, 9, 17, 37 

 in captivity, 5, 103 

 in Nature, 5, 90-105 



metabolism and lifespan in, 3, 28 

 Bison, lifespan of, 5, 105 

 Blackfish, lifespan of, 5, 221 

 Black-pied cattle, lifespan of, 5, 60 

 Bladder, cancer of in old people, 1, 21 

 Blatella germanica, in research on ageing, 



1, 174 

 Blennioidei, lifespan and size of, 5, 1 52 

 Blermius pholis, growth of, 5, 156, 157, 158 



lifespan and size of, 5, 152 

 Blenny (see Blennius pholis) 

 Blood, ventilation of, 1, 62, 63, 66, 68 

 Blood-brain barrier, 4, 26 

 Blood pressure, age changes in, 3, 32, 33, 64 



changes in, 3, 6 

 Blood supply to brain, in old people, 1, 51 

 Blood volume, effect of age, 4, 243 

 Blue-head, lifespan of, 5, 221 

 Blue-striped grunt, lifespan of, 5, 221 

 Body composition, effect of protein and 



mineral intake on, 4, 116-138 

 Body weight, relationship to lifespan, 5, 



115-139 

 Bone, magnesium in, 4, 309 



molecular changes in, 3, 47, 48 

 Boselaphus tragocamelus, lifespan of, 3, 



12, 13 

 Bowfin, lifespan of, 5, 222 

 Brain, blood supply to in old people, 1, 51 



changes in, in Alzheimer's disease, 3, 

 135-136. 143-144, 146 

 in old age, 1, 34, 35, 36, 49, 51 ; 3, 145, 



146, 147 

 in Pick's disease, 3, 135-136, 143-144, 

 146 



in arteriosclerosis, 5, 107 



internal environment of, 5, 133 



weight of, relationship with lifespan, 5, 

 115-139 

 Brain cells, in bees, 5, 248 

 Breast cancer, in cattle, 5, 71 



in centenarians, 1, 16 



in mice, 3, 119, 120 

 Bronchiectasis, in aged rats, 1, 178-179 

 Bronchitis, and emphysema, 1, 65, 66 

 Bull frog, metabolism and lifespan, 3, 26 

 Bullhead, effect of diet on, 5, 169 



lifespan of, 5, 152, 223 



size of, 5, 152 



survival curves of, 5, 143, 145 

 Bulls, causes of death in, 5, 65 



lifespan of, 5, 64-65 

 Burbot, lifespan of, 5, 223 

 Buteo buteo, lifespan of, 5, 99 

 Butterflies, 3, 25 

 Butterfly fish, lifespan of, 5, 121 

 Buzzards, lifespan of, 5, 99 



Calcium, absorption of, 1, 110, 111-114, 



119-120, 124-125 



effect of diet on, 4, 120, 121, 127-128, 

 132, 138 



in aorta, 3, 97, 98 



in body of rat, 4, 120, 121, 127-128, 132, 

 138 



in elastin, 1, 97-98, 104, 105 



in foetal urine, 4, 218 



in placenta, 2, 110 



requirements of, 1, 109, 120-122 

 Calcium balance studies, 1, 114-118 

 Calcium binding, age changes in, 3, 67 

 Calcium metabolism, in old age, 1, 109-125 



in osteoporosis, 1, 109, 110, 116-118, 

 121, 122, 123, 125 



in rats, 1, 111-114, 124-125 

 Callionymoidei, lifespan and size of, 5, 1 52 

 Callionymus lyra, mortality rate of, 5, 146 



survival curves of, 5, 143, 145 

 Cancer, {see Carcinoma) 

 Cancer eye, in cattle, 5, 71 

 Canis, lifespan of, 3, 12-13, 14, 17; 5, 134 

 Capelin, lifespan and size of, 5, 150 



mortality rate of, 5, 146 

 Capreolus capreolus, lifespan of, 5, 92-94 

 Carbohydrate, in pollen, 5, 237, 238 

 Carbohydrate metabolism, endocrine fac- 

 tors in, 2, 24-25 

 Carbon dioxide, diffusion of through 

 aortic tissue, 1, 72-74, 77 



diffusion through tentorium cerebelli, 

 1, 74-75 

 Carbon dioxide production, age changes in, 



3, 77, 84-90 

 Carbonic anhydrase, 4, 218, 223 



control of urinary pH, 4, 210 

 Carcinoma, arteriosclerosis in cases of, 1, 

 21 



in Africans, 3, 104, 106, 113 



in animals, 3, 3 1 



in fish, 5, 226 



in inbred strains, 3, 117, 118-119, 120, 

 121 



incidence of, in old people, 1, 18, 19, 20, 

 21, 24, 25-26 



sites of in old people, 1, 21-22 

 Cardiac output, 3, 84-86, 87, 191 



effect on kidneys, 4, 234, 248, 267 



in congestive failure, 4, 272, 276 

 Cardiac stroke index, age changes in, 3, 



87,88 

 Caribou, lifespan of, 5, 92-94 

 Castration, 4, 227 



effects of, 2, 10 



effect on adrenals, 4, 197-198 

 Cat, hfetime energy expenditure of, 5, 127 



lifespan of, 5, 1 34 

 Catfish, lifespan and size of, 5, 154, 220, 



223 

 Cattle, breeding of, 5, 57, 58 



lifespan of, 5, 57-65, 70-71 

 Caviar lesions, 1, 84, 86 

 Cavy, lifespan of, 3, 12, 13 



