Lifespan adversity and later adulthood telomere length in the nationally representative US Health and Retirement Study

telomeres · PNAS, 113(42), E6335–E6342 · 2016

Puterman (2016) shows that your nervous system keeps a ledger of every hardship you’ve ever faced, eventually paying the debt by shortening your telomeres.

Authors

Puterman, E., Gemmill, A., Karasek, D., et al.

Research lens

Puterman (2016) shows that your nervous system keeps a ledger of every hardship you’ve ever faced, eventually paying the debt by shortening your telomeres.

  • telomeres
  • longevity
  • trauma