Optic neuropathies - Importance of spatial distribution of mitochondria as well as function

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1038-1042

  Yu Wai Man, C Y ^a,b   Chinnery, P F ^a   Griffiths, P G ^b  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL VICTORIA INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBLYOPIA; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISORDERS OF MITOCHONDRIAL FUNCTIONS; ENERGY YIELD; HUMAN; LEBER HEREDITARY OPTIC NEUROPATHY; MITOCHONDRIAL ENERGY TRANSFER; MYELINATED NERVE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE FIBER MEMBRANE; OPTIC NERVE; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; OXIDATIVE PHOSPHORYLATION; PHOTORECEPTOR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA GANGLION CELL; SPASTIC PARAPLEGIA; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT;

ANIMALS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; MITOCHONDRIA; MITOCHONDRIAL DISEASES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OPTIC NERVE DISEASES; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 26444437758     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2004.10.021     Document Type: Article

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