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The brain is hypothermic in patients with mitochondrial diseases.
Journal of cerebral blood flow and metabolism : official journal of the International Society of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism - 1 May 2014
Rango Mario, Arighi Andrea, Bonifati Cristiana, Del Bo Roberto, Comi Giacomo, Bresolin Nereo
Abstract excerpt
We sought to study brain temperature in patients with mitochondrial diseases in different functional states compared with healthy participants. Brain temperature and mitochondrial function were monitored in the visual cortex and the centrum semiovale at rest and during and after visual stimulation in seven individuals with mitochondrial diseases (n=5 with mitochondrial DNA mutations and n=2 with nuclear DNA...
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