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SUBMITTER: Sheng ZH
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4962561 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Nature reviews. Neuroscience 20120105 2
Mitochondria have a number of essential roles in neuronal function. Their complex mobility patterns within neurons are characterized by frequent changes in direction. Mobile mitochondria can become stationary or pause in regions that have a high metabolic demand and can move again rapidly in response to physiological changes. Defects in mitochondrial transport are implicated in the pathogenesis of several major neurological disorders. Research into the mechanisms that regulate mitochondrial tran ...[more]