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Area of Science:

  • Neuroscience
  • Aging Research
  • Developmental Psychology

Background:

  • Early life adversity is a significant risk factor for altered brain aging.
  • Animal models demonstrate that early stress impacts neuroendocrine function, behavior, and brain aging trajectories.
  • Brain aging involves mitochondrial dysfunction, oxidative stress, impaired bioenergetics, disrupted proteostasis, and neuroinflammation.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To review evidence linking early adversity to fundamental mechanisms of brain aging.
  • To discuss how early adversity may accelerate brain aging and increase neuropathology risk.

Main Methods:

  • Review of existing literature on animal models of early adversity.
  • Analysis of studies examining the impact of early stress on neurobiological processes relevant to aging.

Main Results:

  • Early adversity models show persistent neuroendocrine and behavioral changes.
  • These models reveal perturbations in hallmark brain aging features like mitochondrial function and proteostasis.
  • Early adversity is associated with increased neuroinflammation and cellular senescence.

Conclusions:

  • Early adversity imposes an 'allostatic load' that influences brain aging.
  • Adversity can accelerate and compromise the brain aging process.
  • This sets a foundation for increased risk of aging-associated neuropathologies.