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Mitochondrial dysfunction and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
Muscle & nerve - 1 May 2006
Hervias Isabel, Beal M Flint, Manfredi Giovanni
Abstract excerpt
The causes of motor neuron death in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) are still unknown. Several lines of evidence suggest that mitochondrial dysfunction may be involved in the pathogenesis of ALS. Biochemical and morphological mitochondrial abnormalities have been demonstrated in postmortem spinal cords of ALS patients. Furthermore, in transgenic mice expressing mutant Cu,Zn-superoxide dismutase (SOD1), the...
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