How Old Is Your Cat in Human Years? What Pets Teach Us About Brain Aging
At one year old, a cat is already the equivalent of a 17 year old human. So what does that tell us about the old "times seven" rule, and what can our pets teach us about how our own brains age?
In this episode Collin Adams talks with Dr. Christine Charvet, neuroscientist and assistant professor at Auburn University's College of Veterinary Medicine. Christine leads Translating Time, a project that finds corresponding ages across species, from mice and cats to chimpanzees and humans. Together they look at what normal brain aging looks like, where Alzheimer's disease begins, and why the cat on…
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