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| Property | Organism | Value | Units | ID | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Relative brain size and nu. of neurons in brain of mouse, monkey and human | Mammals | Table - link | N/A | 106134 | Fish JL, Dehay C, Kennedy H... |
| Variability of size in brain (possibly only in forebrain) | Human Homo sapiens | ~15 - 20 | % above and below the mean values | 114631 | Haug H. Brain sizes, surfaces... |
| Brain metabolic cost out of whole body | Mammals | 2% - 10% non-humans: 20% humans | % | 110878 | Herculano-Houzel S. Scaling... |
| Size of pores formed by claudins (Transmembrane proteins of the tight junction (TJ)) present in brain endothelial cells | Vertebrates | ~10 | Å | 117109 | Stamatovic SM, Keep RF... |
| Relative brain weight | Human Homo sapiens | 2-2.5 | Percent | 104074 | Amazing numbers in biology... |
| Brain tumor volume | Human Homo sapiens | 22-85 | cm^3 | 103938 | Goldberg-Zimring D, Talos IF... |
| Expansion in the size of the brain relative to the body in humans compared to lower primates | Human Homo sapiens | 3 | fold expansion | 111648 | Harris JJ, Jolivet R... |
| Brain volume | Human Homo sapiens | 1.5 | liter | 112053 | Drachman D (2005). "Do... |
| Fraction of daily energy budget allocated to brain | Mammals | adult human ~20-25: other primates 8-10: other (non-primate) mammals 3-5 | % | 113754 | Leonard WR, Robertson ML... |
| Glial cell density in grey matter of brain | Human Homo sapiens | 30,000 - 60,000 | cells/mm^3 | 115169 | Haug H. Brain sizes, surfaces... |
| brain weights and composition | Generic | Database - link | N/A | 100688 | http://faculty.washi... |
| Ratio between glia cell number and neuron number in brain | Human Homo sapiens | 10 - 50 | unitless | 110874 | Herculano-Houzel S, Mota B... |
| Time course of embryonic brain development | Mouse Mus musculus | ~10 | days | 117222 | Lim DA, Alvarez-Buylla... |
| Brain weight, encephalization quotient and number of cortical neurons in selected mammals | Mammals | Table - link | N/A | 106135 | Roth G, Dicke U. Evolution... |
| Distance of individual neuron from a brain capillary | Rat Rattus norvegicus | rarely >8–20 | µm | 117110 | Abbott NJ, Rönnbäck L... |
| Elastic modulus of brain soft tissue | Mammals | 0.5 to 1.0 | kPa | 106646 | Leipzig ND, Shoichet... |
| Brain energy usage | Mammals | 33 to 50 in neocortex: 21 in the whole brain | μmol ATP/g/min | 108674 | Attwell D, Laughlin SB.... |
| Volume of brain | Bee Apis mellifera | ~1 | mm^3 | 109327 | Menzel R, Giurfa M. Cognitive... |
| Average brain weight | Human Homo sapiens | 1300 - 1400 | gram | 100689 | http://faculty.washi... |
| Geological ages (millions of years ago), brain size (cm^3), estimated male and female body weights (kg), and posterior tooth surface areas (mm^2) for selected fossil hominid species | Primates | Table - link | N/A | 113757 | Leonard WR, Robertson ML... |