La ciencia del buen envejecer

In the last century, one of our greatest successes as a developed society has been adding years to our lives. Undoubtedly an exceptional achievement, but which in turn poses a no less exceptional challenge: that of discovering the mechanisms that allow us to maintain good health during this final period. The prestigious neuroscientist Carlos Dotti, professor at the Higher Council for Scientific Research, reveals in a detailed and entertaining way the biological aspects that constitute and produce the signs and symptoms of brain aging, and presents the necessary strategies to prevent (or at least delay) loss of intellectual abilities. All this without forgetting some of the most worrying age-related issues, such as strokes, peripheral neuropathies, Parkinson's disease or Alzheimer's. This is not the typical book about supposed anti-aging miracles, but an honest work that explains what science knows today about the mechanisms of brain aging and, above all, the close bidirectional relationship that these have with the health of our entire body. Our genes and the stimuli to which we are exposed will dictate how our health will be when we age, but we also need science, which is what can help us avoid loss of function and suffering from the typical diseases of old age.