The optic nerve: A “mito-window” on mitochondrial neurodegeneration

The optic nerve: A “mito-window” on mitochondrial neurodegeneration. Alessandra Maresca, Chiara la Morgia, Leonardo Caporali, Maria Lucia Valentino, Valerio Carelli; Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience, Available online 14 August 2012, ISSN 1044-7431, 10.1016/j.mcn.2012.08.004. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1044743112001315?v=s5)

 Keywords: Mitochondrial disease, Optic atrophy, Mitochondrial functions, LHON, DOA, Friedreich's Ataxia, Retinal ganglion cells

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