Why do we age? Do we say something stupid when we say that someone is "dead of old age"? Do we lose neurons as we age? And if not, where do these sometimes so painful signs of senescence come from when old age comes? What are the differences between so-called “normal” aging and pathological aging?
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These are some of the questions that the professor of medicine and neurobiologist Yves Agid addresses in his latest book - strangely titled, probably not to frighten the reader, Je m'amuse àgrade (editions Odile Jacob). Not sure if this is really fun, but if we believe Agid, we can soften things, or even prolong our lives in good health as long as we know what awaits us, that we understand it and that we manage to face.
The answers he brings to the questions I have just mentioned are as clear as possible, Agid having taken the decision to transmit his knowledge to everyone, without betraying it
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