“…Reactive oxygen species were initially considered to be toxic molecules but a growing body of evidence suggests that oxidative stress, which is the result of a balance between the formation of ROS and their scavenging by antioxidant defenses, is regulated and participates to the maintenance of redox homeostasis and various cellular signaling pathways. In normal cells, the cellular and mitochondrial levels of ROS are safe and participate to the vital activity of the cell (Angelova & Abramov, 2016; Bae, Oh, Rhee, & Yoo, 2011; Dröge, 2002; Nickel, Kohlhaas, & Maack, 2014). However, under acute and chronic cellular stress conditions (e.g., acute ischemia and neurodegenerative diseases, respectively), the production of ROS is no longer regulated and becomes detrimental for the cell.…”