Tamas Pandics, David Major, Vince Fazekas-Pongor, Zsofia Szarvas, Anna Peterfi, Peter Mukli, Rafal Gulej, Anna Ungvari, Monika Fekete, Anna Tompa, Stefano Tarantini, Andriy Yabluchanskiy, Shannon Conley, Anna Csiszar, Adam G Tabak, Zoltan Benyo, Roza Adany, Zoltan Ungvari
The aging population worldwide is facing a significant increase in age-related non-communicable diseases, including cardiovascular and brain pathologies. This comprehensive review paper delves into the impact of the exposome, which encompasses the totality of environmental exposures, on unhealthy aging. It explores how environmental factors contribute to the acceleration of aging processes, increase biological age, and facilitate the development and progression of a wide range of age-associated diseases. The impact of environmental factors on cognitive health and the development of chronic age-related diseases affecting the cardiovascular system and central nervous system is discussed, with a specific focus on Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, stroke, small vessel disease, and vascular cognitive impairment (VCI)...
December 2023: GeroScience