1. Intra-oral tactile sensation and aging in a community-based population

   • Cheryl K. Chamberlain
   • John E. Cornell
   • Chih-Ko Yeh

   Original Articles 25 July 2013 Pages: 85 - 90

2. Amino-bisphosphonates decrease hTERT gene expression in breast cancer in vitro

   • Luca Dalle Carbonare
   • Maria T. Valenti
   • Vincenzo Lo Cascio

   Original Articles 25 July 2013 Pages: 91 - 96

3. Characteristics associated with falls in patients with dementia in a psychogeriatric ward

   • Staffan Eriksson
   • Yngve Gustafson
   • Lillemor Lundin-Olsson

   Original Articles 25 July 2013 Pages: 97 - 103

4. Role of functional performance in diagnosis of dementia in elderly people with low educational level living in Southern Italy

   • Alessandro Iavarone
   • Graziella Milan
   • Alfredo Postiglione

   Original Articles 25 July 2013 Pages: 104 - 109

5. Research partnership with underserved African-American communities to improve the health of older persons with disability: a pilot qualitative study

   • Mauro Di Bari
   • Patricia K. Suggs
   • Sharon A. Jackson

   Original Articles 25 July 2013 Pages: 110 - 118

6. Does cognitive performance affect physical therapy regimen after hip fracture surgery?

   • Giuseppe Bellelli
   • Giovanni B. Frisoni
   • Marco Trabucchi

   Original Articles 25 July 2013 Pages: 119 - 124

7. Health-related quality of life of patients with hip fracture before and after rehabilitation therapy: discrepancies between physicians’ findings and patients’ ratings

   • Costas Papadopoulos
   • Reinhold Jagsch
   • Katharina Pils

   Original Articles 25 July 2013 Pages: 125 - 131

8. Residential facilities for older people in Italy: a five-region survey

   • Giovanni de Girolamo
   • Antonella Tempestini
   • the PROGRES-Older People Project

   Original Articles 25 July 2013 Pages: 132 - 138

9. Effect of cognitive impairment on basic activities of daily living in hip fracture patients: a 1-year follow-up

   • Arja Häkkinen
   • Maarit Heinonen
   • Pertti Karppi

   Section on Longitudinal Studies 25 July 2013 Pages: 139 - 144

10. Frailty and survival of rural and urban seniors: results from the Canadian Study of Health and Aging

    • Xiaowei Song
    • Chris MacKnight
    • Kenneth Rockwood

    Section on Longitudinal Studies 25 July 2013 Pages: 145 - 153

11. High baseline values of fat mass, independently of appendicular skeletal mass, predict 2- year onset of disability in elderly subjects at the high end of the functional spectrum

    • Elena Zoico
    • Vincenzo Di Francesco
    • Mauro Zamboni

    Section on Longitudinal Studies 25 July 2013 Pages: 154 - 159

12. New approach to gerontology: building up “successful aging” conditions

    • Eminè M. Inelmen
    • Giuseppe Sergi
    • Erol Inelmen

    Viewpoint 25 July 2013 Pages: 160 - 164

13. Estrogen Receptor 1 gene (ESR1) variants in Alzheimer’s disease. Results of a meta-analysis

    • Christian Luckhaus
    • Philipp G. Sand

    Short Communication 25 July 2013 Pages: 165 - 168