This was first shown by adding NO donors to the isolated mitochondria (149, 150) and later by showing that NOS inhibition was associated with enhancement of oxygen consumption in the resting muscles of dogs and other organs (151, 152)

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SOD1 is increased in the astrocytes of patients with ALS, emphasizing a critical role for astrocytes in the pathogenesis of ALS (Brown and Al-Chalabi, 2017)