Dementia, stroke and migraine - Some common pathological mechanisms

Dementia, stroke and migraine are very common neurological disorders affecting a large percentage of the population, and leading to a high degree of disability. Often, adequate therapy is not available. Although the symptoms, the progression and the outcome differ in these disorders, to some extent...

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Szerzők: Sas Katalin
Párdutz Árpád
Toldi József
Vécsei László
Dokumentumtípus: Cikk
Megjelent: 2010
Sorozat:JOURNAL OF THE NEUROLOGICAL SCIENCES 299 No. 1-2
doi:10.1016/j.jns.2010.08.001

mtmt:1412454
Online Access:http://publicatio.bibl.u-szeged.hu/9933
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Tartalmi kivonat:Dementia, stroke and migraine are very common neurological disorders affecting a large percentage of the population, and leading to a high degree of disability. Often, adequate therapy is not available. Although the symptoms, the progression and the outcome differ in these disorders, to some extent they may share some common pathophysiological mechanisms. The genetic background, an energy deficit, and excitotoxicity, vascular and thrombotic properties can influence all three disorders, resulting in a neuronal dysfunction, increased cellular vulnerability, neurodegeneration and ultimately cell death. All these cellular events occur in dementias and stroke, moreover recent studies suggest that, besides a dysfunction, neuronal damage may be an issue in migraine too. One of the most central events in the multiple mechanisms involved in the pathogenesis of these disorders is a metabolic disturbance of certain brain cells. As mitochondria provide the cells with energy, realization of the importance of these organelles in the aetiopathogenesis of several disorders has emerged in recent years. This review surveys the most important features of the pathogenesis of dementia, stroke and migraine from the aspect of mitochondrial malfunction highlighting some of the considerable connections between these neurological disorders. © 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Terjedelem/Fizikai jellemzők:55-65
ISSN:0022-510X