Mitochondrial DNA deletions and depletion within paraspinal muscles.

"This study was supported by the Wellcome Trust (Intermediate Clinical Fellowship to D.M.), Newcastle Healthcare Charity (to D.M.), The Wellcome Trust Centre for Mitochondrial Research and the Newcastle University Centre for Brain Ageing and Vitality funded by Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council, Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, Economic and Social Research Council and Medical Research Council as part of the cross-council Lifelong Health and Wellbeing Initiative (G0700718). We are grateful to Dr Laurie Bindoff for helpful discussion on mitochondrial abnormalities in paraspinal muscles. We thank Dr Djordje Gveric from UK Multiple Sclerosis and Parkinson's Tissue Bank for providing post mortem tissue and Mr Christopher Gerber from Department of Neurosurgery, Newcastle General Hospital for providing the peri-operative samples."