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Vulnerability to fraud and financial exploitation among older adults is an increasing public health concern. Growing evidence supports that cognitive and socioemotional changes with age contribute to greater exploitation risk among older adults, while the neural mechanisms of heightened susceptibility to deception in aging are not well understood. Of note, white matter tracts are particularly impacted in aging and are likely implicated in deception detection. This study, for the first time,...

The diaphragm is the primary respiratory muscle. Like other skeletal muscles, it is subject to age-related changes, but it may be more resistant to sarcopenia due to compensatory mechanisms operating at the neuromuscular junction (NMJ). Here, we examined key parameters of neuromuscular transmission in the diaphragm of 24- and 3-month-old mice. In aged NMJs, a decrease in the amplitude of evoked postsynaptic responses in combination with a much greater reduction in miniature end-plate amplitude...

In addition to cell cycle arrest, cellular senescence is characterized by disrupted mitochondrial homeostasis, development of the senescence-associated secretory phenotype (SASP), and alterations in the immune microenvironment. Mitochondrial membrane damage, disrupted mitochondrial dynamics, and impaired mitochondrial quality control (MQC) can occur during cellular senescence. These changes may cause mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) to leak abnormally into the cytosol. Cytosolic mtDNA can then activate...

Aging represents a major contributor to the deterioration of female fertility, with oocyte quality being the central determinant of ovarian aging, a key factor underlying infertility. Although several natural compounds with anti-aging activity have been documented, highly effective strategies to reverse ovarian aging remain elusive. Here, we report that the peptide elamipretide preserves ovarian function and sustains female fertility during maternal aging. We found that elamipretide...

Nearly 6 in 10 people with high blood pressure in a large England study had never been diagnosed or treated, and half of those already taking medication still had elevated readings. Researchers say a more proactive approach to finding and controlling hypertension could prevent thousands of heart attacks and strokes.

High-risk MDS stem cells appear to have an unexpected “energy addiction,” relying far more heavily than healthy blood-forming cells on a molecule called NAD. Disrupting this energy pathway selectively weakened the cancer-driving cells, revealing a potential new target for treatment.

Cellular senescence has undergone a remarkable conceptual evolution since its discovery in 1961. Initially described by Hayflick and Moorhead as the finite proliferative lifespan of cultured human cells, senescence was first viewed as a consequence of cellular aging. The identification of telomere shortening, senescence biomarkers, and oncogene- and damage-induced senescence subsequently established its molecular basis and role as a tumor-suppressive stress response. The discovery of the...

Twenty years after the discovery of induced pluripotent stem cells, the field has progressed from patient-specific disease modeling toward cell-based therapies for neurodegenerative disorders. Parkinson's disease has emerged as the leading model for neuronal replacement, whereas Huntington's disease, Alzheimer's disease, and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis require distinct combinations of circuit reconstruction, cellular support, immune modulation, and engineered therapeutic delivery. We discuss...

Parkinsons disease, characterized by the aggregation of alpha-synuclein is a complex neurodegenerative disorder with the fastest global prevalence growth. The identification of shared genes expressed in both blood and brain of Parkinson's disease patients improves the knowledge on peripheral pathophysiology of the disease and facilitates identification of minimally invasive potential biomarkers from these shared genes. Our study intends to identify a shared transcriptomic signature between the...

No therapies ensure long-term survival of dopaminergic neurons in Parkinson's disease. In this context, we propose that early neurodegeneration is an adaptive state of transmissive dormancy, not dysfunction. Upon sensing cellular stress, an inducible transcriptional program restricts cytosolic dopamine and actively silences neurotransmission. This adaptive response precedes neuronal death, reframing early symptoms as programmed dormancy rather than frank degeneration. Thus, reactivation...

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Sleep and circadian disturbances are associated with cognitive decline and dementia. Narcolepsy type 1 (NT1), characterized by severe sleep-wake disruption and loss of hypocretin, would therefore be expected to predispose individuals to premature brain aging. Yet available biomarker and neuroimaging findings do not consistently support this possibility, raising questions about the role of hypocretin in mechanisms linking sleep to neurodegeneration. Beyond maintaining wakefulness, hypocretin...

Neurodegenerative disease is marked not just by loss of proteins or cells, but by dynamic rewiring of macromolecular interaction networks that precede and drive pathology. Here, we present a temporally resolved, systems-scale map of multi-protein complex remodeling in a tauopathy model, integrating co-fractionation mass spectrometry, quantitative phosphoproteomics, and machine learning to decode phosphorylation-dependent shifts in protein interactomes across disease progression. This...

The increasing burden of dementia highlights the need for sensitive and ecologically relevant tools for early detection and intervention. Dual-task (DT) paradigms have emerged as promising approaches for assessing cognitive-motor alterations. This study aimed to map the 22-year evolution of DT research in cognitive aging using bibliometric analysis. We retrieved 1347 articles from the Web of Science Core Collection (January 2003-February 15, 2025) and analyzed them using CiteSpace. Co-citation,...

Lipids dynamically reside in multiple intracellular locations, and their organellar distribution is important for function. During brain aging, lysosomal lipid changes have been noted, but lipid identity, interactions, and functional relevance have not been characterized. We used mass spectrometry to assess longitudinal changes in the lipidome and proteome of lysosomal fractions from the murine cortex, from 3 to 24 months, followed by multi-omics factor analysis (MOFA) to identify factors...

Cryptovivipary and vivipary, referred to as (crypto)vivipary, occur across multiple angiosperm lineages and enable embryos to continue developing before dispersal. Yet, this trait raises a fundamental question: how are seed-specific abscisic acid (ABA) responses modulated to support continuous embryonic growth without compromising ABA-dependent vegetative stress tolerance? Here, integrating phylogenomic analyses of independently evolved (crypto)viviparous lineages with spatiotemporal...

Precise three-dimensional (3D) genome organization is crucial for regulating gene expression during development, yet its role in age-related transcriptional changes and physiological decline remains elusive. Here, we show that aging reshapes chromatin architecture and gene regulation in murine naive CD4^(+) T cells, a quiescent T cell population essential for adaptive immunity. Aged naive CD4^(+) T cells exhibit intrinsic transcriptional reprogramming marked by increased expression of...

INTRODUCTION: Aging is associated with alterations in white matter structure and decline in bimanual performance. These parallel changes may be interrelated, as previous studies have linked cerebral white matter properties to both motor and cognitive function. The cerebellum plays a central role in complex motor coordination and higher-order processes, yet age-related differences in cortico-cerebellar pathways remain insufficiently understood. This study therefore examined two major...

CONCLUSIONS: This study contributes to ageing research by examining sustained robustness, rather than frailty progression alone, as a longitudinal outcome in a large multinational cohort. By identifying behavioral, psychosocial, and functional characteristics associated with sustained robustness, the study frames robustness as a measurable longitudinal outcome in ageing research and practice. These findings support a more balanced and positive conceptualization of ageing - one that emphasizes...

CONCLUSIONS: Frailty is an important risk factor for limitations in the ability to live independently, with a particularly high burden observed in the Baltic countries. Despite weaker associations with new limitations compared with the Nordic countries, the higher prevalence of frailty, poorer health profiles, and lower levels of physical activity in the Baltic countries highlight a substantial need for early identification and targeted prevention.