Contents: Preface,List of contributors,Members of the editorial board,Acknowledgements,Section I Ageing-human and biological problems,Section II Immunobiology of ageing,Section III Insect gerontology,Section IV Biochemistry and molecular biology of ageing,Human ageing, neurobiology of ageing and pharmacology of ageing, Section VI Environment and ageing, Section VII Ageing in plants,Section VIII Ayurvedic and homoeopathic therapies in geriatrics,Section IX Social gerontology,Section X Manuscripts recieved late human ageing, Developmental neurobiology.