Frequency and causes of seizures Seizures are common in mitochondrial disease, though a majority of patients do not have seizures. In one database of several hundred patients with mitochondrial cytopathies, about 40–50% have seizures.*...

Energy production The main function of the mitochondrion is the production of energy, in the form of adenosine triphosphate (ATP). The cell uses this energy to perform the specific work necessary for cell survival and function....

Mitochondria are components of cells that are involved in metabolism and enzyme production. They are the energy factories of our cells. They also contain genetic material. Particular abnormalities in the mitochondrial genes are often...

Frequency Mitochondrial disease or cytopathy (from cyto-, cell, and -pathy, disease) is not uncommon. In three large population studies, approximately 1 person in 9,000 had either a disease-causing mitochondrial DNA mutation or...

Mitochondria are structures that are found inside virtually every cell. Of all the 250 cell types in the body, only the mature red blood cell does not contain mitochondria. Each cell may have thousands of mitochondria, or as few as...