Understanding the mechanisms of aging and age-related diseases has become an urgent matter given the growing proportion of older adults in the population. Gerontology, the oldest journal in the field, is the only journal with contributions from multiple disciplines. Its papers support the fundamental goals of extending active life and enhancing its quality. In the Clinical Section, the etiology, pathogenesis, prevention, and treatment of age-related diseases are discussed from a gerontological rather than a geriatric viewpoint. The Experimental Section contains up-to-date contributions from basic gerontological research. Papers dealing with behavioral development and related topics are published in the Behavioral Science Section. Basic aspects of regeneration in different experimental biological systems as well as in the context of medical applications are dealt with in the Regenerative Section whereas the Technological Section contains important information on major technological advances for older adults. Providing a primary source of high-quality papers covering all aspects of aging in humans and animals, Gerontology serves as an ideal forum and information source for all readers interested in a broad perspective on the topic of aging.

Editor-in-Chief
Georg Wick – Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria


Managing Editor
G. Lepperdinger, Salzburg


Editor Assistant
Christine Süss – Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria


Section Editors

Clinical Section
Stefan Gravenstein – Brown University, Providence, RI, USA
Monika Lechleitner – A.ö. Landeskrankenhaus Hochzirl, Zirl, Austria
Peter Pietschmann – Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Experimental Section
Andrzej Bartke – Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Springfield, IL, USA
Nektarios Tavernarakis – University of Crete, Heraklion, Greece
Jan Vijg – Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA

Behavioural Science Section
Denis Gerstorf – Humboldt-University, Berlin, Germany
Julie D. Henry – University of Queensland, St. Lucia, QLD, Australia
Thomas M. Hess – North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA

Regenerative Section
David M. Gardiner – University of California at Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA
Günter Lepperdinger – Universität Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria

Technological Section
Bijan Najafi – Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA
Michael Schwenk – Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany


Editorial Board Members

Clinical Section
Johannes Attems – Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
Michael D. Beach – University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Martin Burtscher – University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
Giuseppe Del Giudice – Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics, Siena, Italy
Vincent C. Emery – University of Senate, Guildford, UK
Jorge D. Erusalimsky – University of Wales, Cardiff, UK
Timothy W. Farrell – University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
Luigi Fontana – The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
M. Eric Gershwin – University of California at Davis, Davis, CA, USA
Jorg Goronzy – Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
Urs Granacher – University of Postdam, Potsdam, Germany
Klaus Hauer – Bethanien Krankenhaus, Heidelberg, Germany
Dae Hyun Kim – Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
Florian Kronenberg – Medizinische Universität Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
Tom F. Lue – University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
Andrea B. Maier – The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
S. Jay Olshansky – University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
Peter Pietschmann – Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
Marwan N. Sabbagh – Cleveland Clinic, Las Vegas, NV, USA
René Schwendimann – Universität Basel, Basel, Switzerland
Klaus Seppi – Medizinische Universität Innsruck, Innsbruck, Austria
Thomas M. Stulnig – Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
Donald Craig Willcox – Okinawa International University, Ginowan, Japan

Experimental Section
Ai-Min Bao – Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
Holly M. Brown-Borg – University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND, USA
Björn Falkenburger – University Medical Centre Carl Gustav Carus, Dresden, Germany
Tamas Fülöp – University of Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada
Leonid Gavrilov – NORC and the University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
Marcia C. Haigis – Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
Laura Haynes – University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CT, USA
S. Michal Jazwinski – Tulane Center for Aging, New Orleans, LA, USA
Guido Kroemer – Inserm U848, Villejuif, France
Alexey Moskalev – Komi Science Center of RAS, Syktyvkar, Russian Federation
Wilson Savino – Oswaldo Cruz Institute, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Björn Schumacher – University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
Yaron Tomer – Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA
Andrus Viidik – Aarhus, Denmark
Johannes Zuber – Institute of Molecular Pathology, Vienna, Austria

Behavioural Science Section
Kaarin J. Anstey – University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Kira S. Birditt – University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
Linda Clare – University of Exeter, Exeter, UK
Dale Dannefer – Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA
Xin-Qi Dong – Rush Institute for Healthy Aging, Chicago, IL, USA
Katherine L. Fiori – Adelphi University, Garden City, NY, USA
Alan J. Gow – Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, UK
Daniel Grühn – North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA
Denise Park – University of Texas at Dallas Center for Brain Health, Dallas, TX, USA
Christina Röcke – University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Brent J. Small – University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA
Tim Windsor – Flinders Centre for Ageing Studies, Adelaide, SA. Australia

Regenerative Section
James Adjaye – Heinrich Heine University, Düsseldorf, Germany
Ilaria Bellantuono – The University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
Umberto Galderisi – Università della Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", Naples, Italy
Johannes Grillari – University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria
Heinrich Jasper – Genentech, Inc., South San Francisco, CA, USA
Kyung-Sun Kang – Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
Armand Keating – Princess Margaret Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada
James R. Mitchell – Harvard University, Boston, MA, USA
Qingbo Xu – King's College London, London, UK

Technological Section
Sumi Helal – Lancaster University, Lancaster, UK
Jorunn L. Helbostad – Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
Hylton B. Menz – La Trobe University, Bundoora, VIC, Australia
Prudence Plummer – University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
Neil D. Reeves – Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, UK
Wolfgang Zagler – Vienna, Austria 

Statistical Consultant
Christopher Ryne Estabrook – University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA


Editor for the IAGG
Monica Rodriguez Perracini – City University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil