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| Property | Organism | Value | Units | ID | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fraction of surface area of neuron that is covered by synapses | vertebrates | <10 | % | 115052 | Krnjević, K. "Chemical... |
| Distance traveled by red blood cell during its lifetime (120 days) | Human Homo sapiens | 300 | miles | 101803 | Cell movements - from... |
| Fraction of synapses that release glutamate | Eukaryotes | 90 | % | 108663 | Attwell D, Laughlin SB.... |
| Number of neurons per cubic millimeter (mean±SEM) and the percentage of synaptic junctions per layer | Human Homo sapiens | Table - link | N/A | 112050 | Alonso-Nanclares L, ... |
| Concentration of Coenzyme Q in different parts of bovine brain | Cow Bos Taurus | Table- link | ug/g tissue | 103282 | Turunen M, Olsson J,... |
| Number of copies of glucose transporter (GLUT1) on membrane of red blood cell | Vertebrates | 500,000 to 700,000 | Copies/cell | 106726 | Anstee DJ. The functional... |
| Difference in total cortical surface area between mice and humans | Human Homo sapiens | 1000 | fold greater surface area in humans | 117212 | Rakic P. Evolution of... |
| Concentration ratio of cortical to cytoplasmic actin polymers | Amoeba Dictyostelium discoideum | ~1.2 | unitless | 109566 | D.N. Robinson, Y.-S. Kee... |
| 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... |
| Fraction of neurons that are excitatory | Unspecified | ~85 | % | 111649 | Harris JJ, Jolivet R... |
| Glial cell density in grey matter of brain | Human Homo sapiens | 30,000 - 60,000 | cells/mm^3 | 115169 | Haug H. Brain sizes, surfaces... |
| Proportion of synapses from different synaptic subtypes | Mouse Mus musculus | glutamatergic ~84%: GABAergic ~16% Table - link | % | 112025 | Micheva KD, Busse B,... |
| 'Skin' thickness of red blood cell | Mammals | 20 | nm | 101802 | Cell movements - from... |
| Fraction of mass of different parts of brain out of total brain mass | Human Homo sapiens | 81.8% cerebral cortex 10.3% cerebellum 7.8% rest of brain Figure link - link | % | 106398 | Azevedo FA, Carvalho LR... |
| Predicted cellular composition of whale and elephant brains if they scaled according to rodent or primate cellular scaling rules | Mammals | Table - link | N/A | 109331 | Herculano-Houzel S. The... |
| Amino acid composition of the different morphological components of hair | Human Homo sapiens | Table - link | µmoles/gram dry hair | 116951 | Robbins, Clarence R.... |
| Specific energy usage in neocortex | Mammals | 30 | μmol ATPs/g/min | 108672 | Attwell D, Laughlin SB.... |
| Average cortical neuron density | Asiatic elephant Elephas maximus | 6900 | neurons/mm^3 | 109090 | Tower DB. Structural... |
| Number of neocortical neurons | Human Homo sapiens | ~2×10^10 | neurons/neocortex | 112054 | Drachman D (2005). "Do... |
| Diameter of scalp hair | Human Homo sapiens | 60 - 80 | µm | 114258 | Wolfram LJ. Human hair:... |