Aging mechanism associated with a function of biowater.
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) pictures of the forearms of four human subjects belonging respectively to each of four generations of the same family were taken, and aging-associated changes in the humerus, epithelium, fat tissue, muscle and blood observed. It was found that together with morphological changes the proton density and the spin-lattice relaxation time (T1) of biowater in each tissue underwent chronological aging-induced changes. An aging mechanism associated with the function of biowater is deduced from the present result and from related experimental findings previously reported.
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University of Shizuoka, School of Pharmaceutical Science, Japan.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000375:Aging / Q000502:physiology*; D001790:Blood Physiological Phenomena; D001834:Body Water / Q000502:physiology*; D001846:Bone Development; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005542:Forearm; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D024510:Muscle Development; D015595:Skin Aging