Mitochondria on the Road to Power Axonal Regeneration

Lilian A Patrón; Konrad E Zinsmaier

doi:10.1016/j.neuron.2016.12.007

Mitochondria on the Road to Power Axonal Regeneration

Neuron. 2016 Dec 21;92(6):1152-1154. doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2016.12.007.

Authors

Lilian A Patrón¹, Konrad E Zinsmaier²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Neuroscience, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA; Graduate Interdisciplinary Program in Neuroscience, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA.
² Department of Neuroscience, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA; Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA. Electronic address: kez4@email.arizona.edu.

PMID: 28009268
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2016.12.007

Abstract

In this issue of Neuron, Han et al. (2016) and Cartoni et al. (2016) define a critical role of mitochondrial transport for successful axon regeneration after injury and provide new insights into intrinsic mechanisms controlling neuronal regeneration capacity in worms and mice.

MeSH terms

Animals
Axons*
Biological Transport
Mice
Mitochondria*
Nerve Regeneration
Neurons
Regeneration