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| Property | Organism | Value | Units | ID | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of ATP hydrolysed to transmit a bit at a chemical synapse | Blowfly Calliphora vicina | 10000 | Unitless | 103553 | Laughlin SB, de Ruyter... |
| Number of ATP hydrolysed to transmit a graded signals in an interneuron | Blowfly Calliphora vicina | 1000000-10000000 | Unitless | 103554 | Laughlin SB, de Ruyter... |
| Number of photoreceptors per retina | Blowfly Calliphora vicina | 35000 | Unitless | 103546 | Laughlin SB, de Ruyter... |
| Number of photoreceptors carrying the same signal that converge on a second order retinal neuron | Blowfly Calliphora vicina | 6 | Unitless | 103547 | Laughlin SB, de Ruyter... |
| Fraction of resting ATP consumption used by the retina alone | Blowfly Calliphora vicina | 10 | % | 111647 | Harris JJ, Jolivet R... |
| Dimensions of chemoreceptor neuron | Blowfly Calliphora vicina | diameter 7-9µm: length 22µm: diameter of nucleus 4-6µm | um | 112115 | Dethier VG. The physiology... |
| Fraction of effective rainfall water used for transpiration | Tree Pinus halepensis | 93 | % | 104572 | Schiller et al Water... |
| Percent of of total brain ATP consumption that is accounted for by Glutamate-generated electrical activity | Rodent | ~80 | % | 110637 | Bernstein BW, Bamburg... |
| Number of subtypes of retinal neurons | Vertebrates | ~60 | subtypes | 117170 | Bloomfield SA, Völgyi... |
| Number of transducin molecules that one single molecule of the light-activated receptor rhodopsin can turn over in intact rod cells | Toad Bufo marinus | >3,000 | transducins/rhodopsin | 110989 | Kahlert, M., and K. P.... |
| Average dimensions of neuronal soma of trigeminal mesencephalic nucleus in adult | Syrian Hamster Mesocricetus auratus | diameter 34.1µm: surface area 3,651µm^2: cytoplasmic volume 20,569µm^3 | N/A | 112113 | Alley KE. Morphogenesis... |
| Diffusion coefficient of dextran (40kDa) in Drosophila cytoplasm | Fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster | 17.6 (±1.8) | µm^2/s | 100198 | Gregor T, Bialek W, de... |
| Effective diffusion constants in cytoplasm of 40-kDa dextran molecules in dipteran species | Various | Table - link | N/A | 103993 | Gregor T, Bialek W, de... |
| Size of setae in different animals | Eukaryotes | 0.2 - 5.0 | µm | 110227 | Arzt E1, Gorb S, Spolenak... |
| Absolute minimum ATP cost of an Action Potential | Unspecified | 1e+6 | molecules of ATP per square cm of membrane | 104236 | Aiello GL, Bach-y-Rita... |
| Dimensions of mitochondria | Various | Table - link | N/A | 101942 | Amazing numbers in biology... |
| Number of synchronous divisions in early development | Eukaryotes | Table - link | Divisions | 107647 | Masui Y, Wang P. Cell... |
| Minimum interommatidial angles for insect species | Insect | Table - link | ˚ (degrees) | 117188 | Land MF. Visual acuity... |