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The mitochondrial permeability transition pore in motor neurons: involvement in the pathobiology of ALS mice.
Experimental neurology - 1 Aug 2009
Martin Lee J, Gertz Barry, Pan Yan, Price Ann C, Molkentin Jeffery D, Chang Qing
Abstract excerpt
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a fatal neurodegenerative disease of motor neurons (MNs) that causes paralysis. Some forms of ALS are inherited, caused by mutations in the superoxide dismutase-1 (SOD1) gene. The mechanisms of human mutant SOD1 (mSOD1) toxicity to MNs are unresolved. Mitochondria in MNs might be key sites for ALS pathogenesis, but cause-effect relationships between mSOD1 and...
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