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Cytochrome c oxidase deficient cells accumulate in the hippocampus and choroid plexus with age.
Neurobiology of aging - 1 Jan 2000
Cottrell D A, Blakely E L, Johnson M A, Ince P G, Borthwick G M, Turnbull D M
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The chronological accumulation of mitochondrial dysfunction has been proposed as a potential mechanism in the physiological processes of aging. Cytochrome c oxidase deficient, succinate dehydrogenase positive muscle fibers containing high copy numbers of a mitochondrial DNA mutation are a pathological hallmark of mitochondrial DNA disorders. We show that there is an age-related increase in cytochrome c...
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