Figure 5From: The modular systems biology approach to investigate the control of apoptosis in Alzheimer's disease neurodegenerationA drawing exemplifying the active "stand-by" status of cells exposed to the various stressful events involved in AD apoptosis. Neuronal death occurs when the cell(s) reaches a point of "No-return", where an overwhelming mitochondria pressure is no longer compensated by the many protective pathways that the cell(s) has adopted.Back to article page