Reuniting the Body “Neck Up and Neck Down” to Understand Cognitive Aging: The Nexus of Geroscience and Neuroscience

Hernandez et al aim to propose a new, collaborative paradigm to study cognitive aging. The field of cognitive aging from the neuroscience perspective has focused on studying cognition over the life span from the "neck up," while fields studying the biology of aging/age-related diseases, kn...

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Published in:The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences Biological sciences and medical sciences, 2022-01, Vol.77 (1), p.e1-e9
Main Authors: Hernandez, Abbi R, Hoffman, Jessica M, Hernandez, Caesar M, Cortes, Constanza J, Jumbo-Lucioni, Patricia, Baxter, Mark G, Esser, Karyn A, Liu, Andrew C, McMahon, Lori L, Bizon, Jennifer L, Burke, Sara N, Buford, Thomas W, Carter, Christy S
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aging
Cognitive ability
Cognitive Aging
Geroscience
Life span
Longevity
Neck
Nervous system
Neurosciences
Virtual Collection: The Nexus of Geroscience and Neuroscience
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Summary:Hernandez et al aim to propose a new, collaborative paradigm to study cognitive aging. The field of cognitive aging from the neuroscience perspective has focused on studying cognition over the life span from the "neck up," while fields studying the biology of aging/age-related diseases, known collectively as geroscience, have focused from the "neck down." However, it is abundantly clear that there is no discrete boundary at which the body ages independently of the brain, and the existing division between neuroscience and geroscience has led to an incomplete picture of the aging process.
ISSN:1079-5006
1758-535X
DOI:10.1093/gerona/glab215