Cumulative Subject Index 



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Deer 



antlers of {continued) 



endocrine factors in growth of, 2, 



179-181 

 growth cycle of, 2, 176-187 

 mechanism of growth, 2, 176-178 

 radio-phosphorus uptake in, 2, 177- 



178 

 shedding of, 2, 179, 181, 184, 211 



cyclic gonadal changes in, 2, 179 



growth in, 1, 205-206 



lifespan of, 3, 12; 5, 91-94 

 Dehydration, effect on water intake, 4, 4 



in elderly, 1, 207 



in labour, 4, 94, 95 

 Dehydration reaction, 4, 38-39, 47 

 Dehydroe7J/androsterone, 1, 127, 128 

 Dementia, genetics of, 3, 137, 147 



senile, 1, 35, 36, 44, 45, 46, 214 

 de Morgan's spots, 1, 82-84, 86 

 11-Deoxycortisol, 1, 127, 128 

 Deoxypentose nucleic acid, 3, 47, 48, 49 

 Diabetes insipidus, causing loss of water, 



4, 39, 42-43 

 Diarrhoea, causing hypematraemia, 4, 58 

 Dibenamine, effect on kidney, 4, 281, 282 

 Diet, effect on amyloid, 5, 79 



effect on bees, 5, 254 



effect on body composition, 4, 117-138 



effect on cockroach, 5, 253-254 



effect on electrolytes, 4, 116-138 



effect on fertiUty, 5, 34 



effect on fish, 5, 178, 215-216 



effect on flies, 5, 249-255 



effect on growth, 4, 116-138; 5, 84-85, 

 177, 178, 254-255 



effect on homeostasis, 4, 143-144 



effect on lifespan, 1, 30; 5, 78, 83-85, 87, 

 88, 169, 177, 178, 249-255, 265-267, 

 268, 282 



effect on mice, 5, 79-80 



effect on mosquito, 5, 255 



effect on rat, 5, 78, 83-85, 87, 88, 251- 

 252, 254 



effect on sexual maturity, 5, 84-85 



effect on trout, 5, 253, 254 



effect on wasps, 5, 255 



protein in, 5, 252-254 

 Diffusion coefficients of solutes for mem- 

 branes, 1, 69-79 

 Digestive disease, incidence of in old 



people, 1, 20 

 Dingoes, lifespan of, 3, 12 

 Dipodomys heermani, lifespan of, 5, 96 

 Disease, effect on lifespan, 3, 31, 32; 5, 



72-89 

 Diuresis, effect of adrenaline, 4, 9, 14 



effect of age, 4, 6-10, 238-240 



effect of cortisone, 4, 1 3 



effect of hypoxia, 4, 8 



effect of pitressin, 4, 7-8, 1 1 



effect on adrenal glands, 4, 1 3 



in congestive heart failure, 4, 272-273, 

 275 



DOCA (deoxycorticosterone acetate), 



effect on foetus, 2, 24 

 Doctor fish, lifespan of, 5, 221 

 Dog(s), in research on ageing, 1, 182 

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

 lifetime energy expenditure of, 5, 127 

 oogenesis in, 2, 43 

 Dog snapper, lifespan of, 5, 221 

 Dolichotis patogona, lifespan of, 3, 12, 13 

 Domestication, effects of, 3, 15, 37 

 Dragonet, lifespan and size of, 5, 1 52 

 mortahty rate of, 5, 146 

 survival curves of, 5, 143, 145 

 Drosophila, effect of heredity on lifespan, 



1, 239-241 

 Drosophila melanogaster, effect of tem- 

 perature on lifespan, 3, 24 

 Drosophila subobscura, lifespan of, 5, 262, 

 266 

 rate of ageing in, 5, 269-285 

 Drum, hfespan of, 5, 221 

 Ducks, arteriosclerosis in, 5, 109 

 Dwarf top-minnow, reproduction and 

 senescence in, 5, 189 



Education, effect on performance, 3, 1 59- 



160 

 Eel, lifespan of, 5, 152, 223 



size of, 5, 1 52 



natural death in, 5, 174 

 Eggs, effect on nutrition, 1, 205 

 Egg production, variation with age, 3, 



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 Elastase, 1, 98-101, 107; 3, 97-98, 101- 

 103, 136 



in arteriosclerosis, 1, 99 



in fish, 1, 99 



in pancreas, 1, 98, 99, 100 



preparation of, 3, 101 



production of, 3, 45 



tracer studies with, 1, 100-101 

 Elastic tissue, ageing of, 1, 88-108; 3, 65, 

 66 



amino acids in, 1, 91, 94-96, 104 



in atherosclerosis, 1, 88, 89 



in skin, 1, 100-102, 105, 106, 107, 108 



preparation of, 1, 90-91 

 Elastin, calcium content of, 1, 97-98, 104, 

 105 



cholesterol content of, 1, 97-98 



in aorta, 1, 92-93, 94, 101 



in pulmonary artery, 1, 93-94 



polysaccharides in, 1, 104, 107 



preparation of, 1, 90-91, 104 

 Elastosis, 3, 96, 97 



senile, 1, 101-103, 106-108 

 Electric catfish, lifespan of, 5, 224 

 Electric eel, lifespan of, 5, 224 

 Electrolytes (see also under Sodium, 

 potassium, etc.) 



cellular aspects of, 4, 15-35 



changes in due to age, 4, 241, 311-312 



deprivation of, 4, 144 



effect of diet, 4, 116-138 



