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Mitochondrial DNA mutations affect calcium handling in differentiated neurons.
Brain : a journal of neurology - 1 Mar 2010
Trevelyan Andrew J, Kirby Denise M, Smulders-Srinivasan Tora K, Nooteboom Marco, Acin-Perez Rebeca, Enriquez José Antonio, Whittington Miles A, Lightowlers Robert N, Turnbull Doug M
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Mutations in the mitochondrial genome are associated with a wide range of neurological symptoms, but many aspects of the basic neuronal pathology are not understood. One candidate mechanism, given the well-established role of mitochondria in calcium buffering, is a deficit in neuronal calcium hom...
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