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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... |
| ATP/ADP ratio in brain tissue | Rat Rattus norvegicus | 3-8 | Unitless | 109310 | Berg J, Hung YP, Yellen... |
| Total number of neurons in brain | Frog, Rana esculenta | 1.58e+7 | neurons | 109425 | Kemali, M., and Braitenberg... |
| Length of myelinated nerve fibers in brain | Human Homo sapiens | 150,000-180,000 | km | 100692 | http://faculty.washi... |
| Fraction of dopamine neurons out of total brain neurons | Human Homo sapiens | <=1e-4 | Unitless | 102679 | Girault JA, Greengard... |
| Volume of brain tissue cell | Mouse Mus musculus | 1.6±0.4x10^-14 | Liter | 108843 | Meera R Raja, Scott... |
| Total ATP use for brain tissue | Human Homo sapiens | 80 | µmol/liter/sec | 110641 | Bernstein BW, Bamburg... |
| Fraction of brain utilization of total metabolism | Human Homo sapiens | 20 | % | 100723 | Roth G, Dicke U. Evolution... |
| Percent of total oxygen consumed by brain | Human Homo sapiens | 25 | % | 109292 | Bernstein BW, Bamburg... |
| Total number of neural cells in brain | Human Homo sapiens | at 20 weeks of intrauterine life ∼13×10^9: in adult 19–23×10^9 | neurons | 117218 | Malik S et al., Neurogenesis... |
| Volumes of principal brain structures in boys and girls, right and left | Human Homo sapiens | Table - link | cm^3 | 113147 | Caviness VS Jr, Kennedy DN... |
| Average number of glial cells in brain per neuron | Human Homo sapiens | 10-50 | unitless | 100691 | http://faculty.washi... |
| Time course of embryonic brain development | Mouse Mus musculus | ~10 | days | 117222 | Lim DA, Alvarez-Buylla... |
| Percent of weight that is brain | Human Homo sapiens | 2 | % | 108620 | Attwell D, Laughlin SB.... |
| 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... |
| Overall non-neuronal/neuronal ratio in adult brain | Human Homo sapiens | 1 | Unitless | 106399 | Azevedo FA, Carvalho LR... |
| Number of brain cells that die as adult humans age | Human Homo sapiens | 7.5 | E10 cells | 105217 | Baserga, The Biology... |
| Time until unconsciousness after loss of blood supply to brain | Human Homo sapiens | 8-10 | sec | 100694 | http://faculty.washi... |
| Glial cell density in grey matter of brain | Human Homo sapiens | 30,000 - 60,000 | cells/mm^3 | 115169 | Haug H. Brain sizes, surfaces... |
| Average rate of oxygen consumption of the brain | Human Homo sapiens | 3.5 (Table - link) | ml/100g brain/min | 110633 | Sokoloff L (1996) The... |