Cell biologists studying Parkinson's disease are training their sights on mitochondria, the energy source of the cell, whose activity in neurons appears to go awry in this devastating neurodegenerative illness. A neuron needs its mitochondria to be healthy and mobile, particularly during their continual cycles of fission and fusion in which damaged bits are removed and healthy mitochondria are renewed.
Read more at: http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-gene-mutated-parkinson-disease-function.html#jCp
Read more at: http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-gene-mutated-parkinson-disease-function.html#jCp
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