Mitochondria Bioenergetic and Cognitive Functions: The Cannabinoid Link

Publication date: Available online 6 May 2017
Source:Trends in Cell Biology
Author(s): Giacomo Mancini, Tamas L. Horvath
Despite the well-known role of chronic mitochondrial dysfunction in the pathophysiology of the brain, the impact of acute impairment of mitochondrial activity by cannabinoids on higher brain functions is unknown. In a recent paper in Nature, Hebert-Chatelain et al. elegantly uncovered the essential role that bioenergetic processes have in the regulation of higher brain functions, such as learning and memory.



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