Cunha, LídiaBravo, JoanaCosta, PedroGonçalves, RaquelRodrigues, CatarinaRodrigues, AdrianoMetello, Luís F.Summavielle, Teresa2015-01-302015-01-302011-10-15http://hdl.handle.net/10400.22/5545It is widely known that a number of chronic neurodegenerative disorders are related with dysfunctional mitochondria. Although it has been proposed that Acetyl-L-Carnitine (ALC) confers neuroprotection through mitochondria viability improvement, little is known concerning the molecular mechanisms involved. We propose to characterize the action of ALC in mitochondria bioenergetics and functional integrity.engconference object