... increase in the amount of ROS [21]; (b) loss of cytochrome c impairs the flow of electrons in the respiratory chain inducing over-reduction of the complexes, favouring the generation of ROS [16,17,22]; ... element binding protein, iso-citrate dehydrogenase is an RNA -binding protein, whilekgd2p is a mitochondrial DNA binding protein [81–84].Mitochondria from different brain regions contain different ... upon which the cell looses the ability to buffer the incoming calciumresulting in an abrupt, sustained and irreversibleincrease in [Ca2+]c, probably coincides with the clea-vage of the exchanger...