How do neurons age?

Alessio Vagnoni (left) is a research group leader and lecturer in cellular neuroscience at King's College London (UK). He is also a principal investigator at the Multidisciplinary Institute of Ageing at the University of Coimbra (Portugal). His group studies intracellular dynamics in neurons and has started investigating this process in aging animals and animal models of neurodegeneration. In this interview, we talk to Vagnoni about his research, including a recently published article that found that different areas of neurons age differently, which could have implications for cell function and the development of neurodegenerative diseases. How do different areas of neurons...