Parkinson's disease brain mitochondria have impaired respirasome assembly, age-related increases in distribution of oxidative damage to mtDNA and no differences in heteroplasmic mtDNA mutation abundance

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Sporadic Parkinson's disease (sPD) is a nervous system-wide disease that presents with a bradykinetic movement disorder and is frequently complicated by depression and cognitive impairment. sPD likely has multiple interacting ca...

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Main Authors: Keeney Paula M, Dunham Lisa D, Morton Stephanie L, Arthur Charles R, Bennett James P
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2009-09-01
Series:Molecular Neurodegeneration
Online Access:http://www.molecularneurodegeneration.com/content/4/1/37