Summary: Experimental gerontology in Austria

Austria has a long and successful tradition in geriatric medicine, nursing and sociology. In contrast, research in experimental gerontology has only c ome into focus more recently. Gerontological research is performed in vario us laboratories and clinics of the Medical Schools of the Universities of V ienna, Graz and Innsbruck, respectively, as well as in the School of Veteri nary Medicine in Vienna, the Institute for Applied Microbiology of the Vien na University for Agricultural Sciences, the Faculty of Natural Sciences of the University of Salzburg, and in extra-universitary institutions such as the Ludwig-Boltzmann-Institute for Aging Research in Vienna and the Instit ute for Biomedical Aging Research of the Austrian Academy of Sciences in In nsbruck. Therefore, the following brief reflections will be organized in a topographic fashion. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science Inc. All rights reserved.