| Value |
10
%
|
| Organism |
Human Homo sapiens |
| Reference |
Laughlin SB, de Ruyter van Steveninck RR, Anderson JC. The metabolic cost of neural information. Nat Neurosci. 1998 May1(1):36-41PubMed ID10195106
|
| Primary Source |
Kety, S.S. in Metabolism of the Nervous System (ed. Richter, D.) 221-237 (Pergamon, London, 1957) |
| Comments |
The human brain accounts for 20% of resting oxygen consumption, and half of this energy drives the pumps that exchange sodium and potassium ions across cell membranes |
| Entered by |
Uri M |
| ID |
103545 |