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Mitochondrial dysfunction is a converging point of multiple pathological pathways in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD - 1 Jan 2010
Shi Ping, Wei Yanming, Zhang Jiayu, Gal Jozsef, Zhu Haining
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A better understanding of the etiology of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is needed to develop effective therapies for the treatment of this fatal neurodegenerative disease. Extensive studies have produced a general agreement that ALS is likely to be a multifactorial and multisystem disease. Many mechanisms have been postulated to be involved in the pathology of ALS, such as oxidative stress, glutamate...
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