- Review
Roles of Oxidative Stress, Apoptosis, PGC-1α and Mitochondrial Biogenesis in Cerebral Ischemia
- Shang-Der Chen,
- Ding-I Yang,
- Tsu-Kung Lin,
- Fu-Zen Shaw,
- Chia-Wei Liou and
- Yao-Chung Chuang
The primary physiological function of mitochondria is to generate adenosine triphosphate through oxidative phosphorylation via the electron transport chain. Overproduction of reactive oxygen species (ROS) as byproducts generated from mitochondria hav...