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Do nerve cells have mitochondria?


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Mitochondria:

  1. A mitochondrion is a double-membrane-bound organelle found in most eukaryotic organisms.
  2. Interconnected mitochondria are also found in neuronal cell bodies, but in order to enter the axon, a mitochondrion must undergo a fission reaction that frees it from the reticulum.
  3. Majorly, the mitochondria in nerve cells are involved in redox signaling, regulation of Ca2+, developmental and synaptic plasticity along with the mediation of cell survival and death.
  4. It is said that nearly 2 million mitochondria are found in a cell.

Hence, nervous cells have mitochondria.


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