What makes a SuperAger?
11 hhs 3 8/9/2025, 12:58:21 AM news.northwestern.edu ↗
Comments (3)
matthewfcarlson · 17m ago
The title says what makes a superager. But the article does not say why someone has one of the two things that makes them a superager.
dhosek · 8m ago
Likely because nobody knows.
opan · 37m ago
>“What we realized is there are two mechanisms that lead someone to become a SuperAger,” Weintraub said. “One is resistance: they don’t make the plaques and tangles. Two is resilience: they make them, but they don’t do anything to their brains.”