Aβ	β-amyloid peptide
AD	Alzheimer’s disease
ADK	adenylate kinase
adPEO	autosomal dominant progressive external ophthalmoplegia
AIDS	acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
ANT	adenine nucleotide translocator
Ap5A	P1,P5-di(adenosine-50)penta-phosphate
ATP D.S.	ATP detecting system
ATR	atractyloside
AZT	3′-azido-3′-deoxythymidine
BKA	bongkrekic acid
CAT	carboxyatractyloside
CF	cystic fibrosis
CL	cardiolipin
CM	cristae membranes
CsA	cyclosporin A
CyP-D	cyclophilin D
Cyt c	cytochrome c
DIDS	4,40-diisothiocyanostilbene-2,20-disulfonic acid
DS	Down syndrome
G6PDH	glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase
HK	hexokinase
HSF	human skin fibroblasts
IBM	inner boundary membrane
IMM	inner mitochondrial membrane
MLV	mitochondria left ventricles
mPTP	mitochondrial permeability transition pore
mRC	mitochondrial respiratory chain
NMDA	N-methyl-D-aspartate
OLIGO	oligomycin
OMM	outer mitochondrial membrane
ORN	ornithine
OXPHOS	oxidative phosphorylation
PCD	programmed cell death
PF II	photofrin II
PINK1	phosphatase and tensin homolog-induced kinase 1
PKA	protein kinase A
RCS	respiratory chain supercomplex
RLM	rat liver mitochondria
ROS	reactive oxygen species
SHRs	spontaneously hypertensive rats
SOD	superoxide dismutase
TIM	translocase of the inner membrane
TBY-2	Tobacco Bright Yellow- 2
VDAC	voltage dependent anion channel
WKYRs	Wistar Kyoto rats