Frontiers in Neuroscience (Feb 2019)

Mitochondrial Dysfunction in Neural Injury

  • Xiu-Yun Zhao,
  • Xiu-Yun Zhao,
  • Mei-Hong Lu,
  • Mei-Hong Lu,
  • De-Juan Yuan,
  • De-Juan Yuan,
  • De-En Xu,
  • Pei-Pei Yao,
  • Pei-Pei Yao,
  • Wen-Li Ji,
  • Wen-Li Ji,
  • Hong Chen,
  • Hong Chen,
  • Wen-Long Liu,
  • Wen-Long Liu,
  • Chen-Xiao Yan,
  • Chen-Xiao Yan,
  • Yi-Yuan Xia,
  • Yi-Yuan Xia,
  • Shao Li,
  • Jin Tao,
  • Jin Tao,
  • Quan-Hong Ma

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3389/fnins.2019.00030
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13

Abstract

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Mitochondria are the double membrane organelles providing most of the energy for cells. In addition, mitochondria also play essential roles in various cellular biological processes such as calcium signaling, apoptosis, ROS generation, cell growth, and cell cycle. Mitochondrial dysfunction is observed in various neurological disorders which harbor acute and chronic neural injury such as neurodegenerative diseases and ischemia, hypoxia-induced brain injury. In this review, we describe how mitochondrial dysfunction contributes to the pathogenesis of neurological disorders which manifest chronic or acute neural injury.

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