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The role of mitochondrial dysfunction in age-related neurodegenerative diseases is significant. Its heterogenous role is evident through three main age-related neurodegenerative diseases as illustrated above (dementia, Parkinson’s disease, and stroke). Despite sharing common pathological insults to the mitochondria, the permutations of these different pathways help differentiate between the different diseases.
