How Your Brain Controls Ageing — and Why Zombie Cells Could Be Key

Martin Picard, PhD, Associate Professor of Behavioral Medicine, speaks about human aging and excessconsumption energy by senescent cells in our body. Conventional wisdom says that older cells that aren’t dividing anymore should use up less energy, but they in fact burn more. This appears as a potential energetic paradox. However, Dr. Picard explains why this happens and how our brain reacts to this. [read more]

Source: Nature