Mitochondrial dynamics in the adult cardiomyocytes: which roles for a highly specialized cell?

Mitochondrial dynamics is a recent topic of research in the field of cardiac physiology. The study of mechanisms involved in the morphological changes and in the motility of mitochondria is legitimate since the adult cardiomyocytes possess numerous mitochondria which occupy at least 30% of cell volu...

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Main Authors: Jerome ePiquereau, Fanny eCaffin, Marta eNovotova, Christophe eLemaire, Vladimir eVeksler, Anne eGarnier, Renee eVentura-Clapier, Frederic eJOUBERT
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2013-05-01
Series:Frontiers in Physiology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fphys.2013.00102/full