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Successful repair after brain injury requires a chain of events, including the generation, migration, and successful integration of adult-born neurons into preexisting circuits. In mammals, the capacity for neuronal regeneration is extremely limited and further declines with age, constraining recovery. Regeneration-competent vertebrates offer a unique opportunity to uncover mechanistic principles of seamless brain repair. We here introduce the African turquoise killifish, a naturally short-lived...

Microglia, the resident macrophages of the central nervous system (CNS), are key players in maintaining brain and spinal cord homeostasis and protecting the CNS from damage and disease. During aging, the brain undergoes profound changes-including chronic low-grade inflammation, synaptic dysfunction, and increased vulnerability to neurodegenerative diseases-all of which are closely related to alterations in microglial function. One emerging theme is that microglial metabolism is a crucial...

Microglia, the resident macrophages of the central nervous system (CNS), are key players in maintaining brain and spinal cord homeostasis and protecting the CNS from damage and disease. During aging, the brain undergoes profound changes-including chronic low-grade inflammation, synaptic dysfunction, and increased vulnerability to neurodegenerative diseases-all of which are closely related to alterations in microglial function. One emerging theme is that microglial metabolism is a crucial...

Telomere length (TL) is a well-established biomarker of biological ageing, sensitive to cumulative physiological and psychosocial stress. This review synthesises current evidence on how pregnancy, postpartum stressors, and reproductive history shape maternal biological ageing, integrating findings from telomere biology and emerging epigenetic ageing measures. Pregnancy represents a period of substantial metabolic, hormonal, and immunological demand and is increasingly conceptualised as a...

Chronic subdural hematoma (CSDH) is among the commonest cranial neurosurgical conditions of older adults and is projected, on the basis of incidence modeling, to become the most common cranial neurosurgical condition in adults by 2030. Despite this clinical centrality, CSDH has not been formally examined through the conceptual lens of geroscience. This minireview reframes CSDH as a geroscience disease by mapping its pathogenesis onto the twelve hallmarks of aging articulated by López-Otín and...

Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome (HGPS) is a rare genetic disorder characterized by the early development of pathological features associated with aging, ultimately leading to premature death. HGPS primarily affects tissues of mesenchymal origin, as evidenced by the clinical manifestations characteristic of this premature aging disorder, including, but not limited to, osteoporosis, muscle wasting, lipodystrophy, and cardiovascular disease. In this study, we used preclinical mouse models and...