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Novel Targets For Mitochondrial Dysfunction Following Traumatic Brain Injury, Heather M. Yonutas
Novel Targets For Mitochondrial Dysfunction Following Traumatic Brain Injury, Heather M. Yonutas
Theses and Dissertations--Neuroscience
Mitochondrial dysfunction is a phenomenon observed in models of Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI). Loss of mitochondrial bioenergetics can result in diminished cellular homeostasis leading to cellular dysfunction and possible cellular death. Consequently, the resultant tissue damage can manifest as functional deficits and/or disease states. Therapeutic strategies to target this mitochondrial dysfunction have been investigated for models TBI and have shown promising effects.
For this project, we tested the hypothesis that mitoNEET, a novel mitochondrial membrane protein, is a target for pioglitazone mediated neuroprotection. To test this, we used a severe Controlled Cortical Impact (CCI) injury model in mitoNEET null and …