The opening message is reassuring: that the traditional designation for old age, 65 years, "has no basis in biology".
If one must arbitrarily select an age to mark the beginning of old age, 50 is appropriate.
With demographic change becoming an ever more pressing issue in Germany, old age (80 +) is currently talked about above all in terms of being a problem.
The next most common causes are cancer (12.3%) and old age (12.2%).
However, Broke survived the wound into moderate old age (64 years), though he was debilitated.
As we recently reported, the accumulation of hyperphosphorylated tau impairs learning and memory during old age [40].
The common finding of increased bilateral activation and additional activation in the frontocentral cortex (supplementary motor area region) lead to the conclusion that there is an increased need for cognitive control of simple motor tasks in old age [40].
showed its highest value at the adult age (18 months old) and fell drastically at old age (24 months old).
For old age (20 months) we had 3 individuals available per group.
At old age (>40 years), 30 healthy smokers (>20 pack years) and 110 COPD patients (>10 pack years) will be enrolled in the study.
16 Two age classes were defined: Old age ≥45 years and Young age ≤44 years.
