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Nature Reviews Neuroscience 10, 481-494 (July 2009) | doi:10.1038/nrn2665
Mitochondrial membrane permeabilization in neuronal injury
Lorenzo Galluzzi1,2, Klas Blomgren3,4 & Guido Kroemer1,2 About the authors
Abstract
Acute neurological conditions such as cerebrovascular diseases and trauma are associated with irreversible loss of neurons and glial cells. Severe or prolonged injury results in uncontrollable cell death within the core of lesions. Conversely, cells that are less severely damaged succumb in a relatively slow fashion, frequently via the intrinsic pathway of cell death, through the deterioration of mitochondrial functions. The permeabilization of mitochondrial membranes determines whether cells will succumb to or survive the injury, and represents a 'point of no return' in mitochondrial cell death. It is therefore an attractive target for the development of new neuroprotective interventions.
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Author affiliations
- INSERM, U848, Institut Gustave Roussy, PR1, 39 rue Camille Desmoulins, F-94805 Villejuif, France.
- Université Paris-Sud XI, F-94805 Villejuif, France.
- Center for Brain Repair and Rehabilitation, Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, University of Gothenburg, SE-405 30 Gothenburg, Sweden.
- Department of Pediatric Oncology, The Queen Silvia Children's Hospital, SE-416 85 Gothenburg, Sweden.
Correspondence to: Guido Kroemer1,2 Email: kroemer@orange.fr
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