Mitochondria and Central Nervous System Disorders: 3rd Edition
A special issue of Biomolecules (ISSN 2218-273X). This special issue belongs to the section "Molecular Biology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 September 2025 | Viewed by 1459
Special Issue Editors
2. Cologne Excellence Cluster on Cellular Stress Responses in Aging-Associated Diseases, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
Interests: mitochondria; translation; autophagy; neurons
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Interests: mitochondria; metabolism; transcriptomics; epigenetics
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Following the success of the previous Special Issues, we are pleased to announce the launch of a third edition, “Mitochondria and Central Nervous System Disorders: 3rd Edition”.
In the past several decades, a mitochondria-centric vision has developed in the fields of cell, organ, and organismal physiology, demonstrating exponential growth. This is likely due to the number of findings highlighting the contribution of these organelles to cell/tissue bioenergetics, death programmes, and metabolism. Dysfunctional mitochondria or dysfunctional mitochondria dynamics (a term that includes processes dictating the morphology of these organelles, their subcellular distribution/transport, or their interaction with other organelles, consequently influencing their function) have been linked to many pathological conditions, widespread among the entire human body. However, these alterations appear to more strongly affect the highly specialized and delicate cells of the central nervous system (CNS), contributing to the onset of a variety of diseases, ranging from rare childhood disorders (e.g., Leigh syndrome or mitochondrial encephalopathy with lactic acidosis and stroke-like episodes) to more common age-related neurodegenerative conditions (e.g., dementia, Alzheimer’s disease, and Parkinson’s disease).
This Special Issue is designed to emphasize the link between the (dys)function of mitochondria and CNS disorders, likely highlighting common or discrepant mechanisms underlying them. In this regard, we would like to invite review articles that address the above-mentioned topics or original research papers providing new evidence on the mitochondria–CNS pathological connection.
We look forward to reading your contributions.
Dr. Marta Zaninello
Dr. Camilla Bean
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- mitochondria
- metabolism
- neurodegeneration
- neuroinflammation
- ageing
- central nervous system
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