Percent of energy consumption in cortex used for spiking activity

Range 0.3-3 %
Organism Unspecified
Reference Wong-Riley MT. Cytochrome oxidase: an endogenous metabolic marker for neuronal activity. Trends Neurosci. 1989 Mar12(3):94-101.PubMed ID2469224
Primary Source Creutzfeldt, OD. Neurophysiological correlates of different functional states of the brain. In: Ingvar DH, Lassen NA. , editors. Brain Work. The Coupling of Function, Metabolism and Blood Flow in the Brain. Copenhagen, Denmark: Munksgaard 1975. pp. 21–46.
Comments The low levels of cytochrome oxidase in trunks of axons is consistent with this value.
Entered by Uri M
ID 103303