One year after the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, its secondary impacts can be globally
observed. Some of them result from physical distancing and severe social contact …

The impact of COVID-19 on the elderly is devastating, and nursing homes are struggling to
provide the best care to the most fragile. The urgency and severity of the pandemic forces …

The coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) that has ravaged the entire world presents the most
dramatic scenarios in the most vulnerable populations, with exacerbated focus on the …

The severity of this pandemic's scenarios will leave significant psychological traces in low
resistant and resilient individuals. Increased incidence of depression, anxiety, obsessive …

Pre-clinical research in aging is hampered by the scarcity of studies modeling its
heterogeneity and complexity forged by pathophysiological conditions throughout the life …

Coping with emotional stressors strongly impacts older people due to their age-related
impaired neuroendocrine and immune systems. Elevated cortisol levels seem to be …

Modeling of Alzheimer's disease (AD), classically focused on the subject-environment
interaction, foresees current social neuroscience efforts as improving the predictive validity …

Background Aging and sex are major risk factors for developing late-onset Alzheimer's
disease. Compared to men, women are not only nearly twice as likely to develop …

Longitudinal approaches for disease-monitoring in old animals face survival and frailty
limitations, but also assessment and re-test bias on genotype and sex effects. The present …

The COVID-19 pandemic imposed a series of behavioral changes that resulted in increased
social isolation and a more sedentary life for many across all age groups, but, above all, for …