Earlier Model of Human Brain's Energy Usage Underestimated Its Efficiency
Thursday, September 10, 2009 - 18:35
in Biology & Nature
The human brain is an incredible energy drain. Taking up only about 2 percent of the body's mass, the organ uses more than a fifth of bodily energy . Ever more accurate calculations of its energy budget at the level of the neuron (nerve cell) are important to researchers ranging from functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) analysts to evolutionary biologists. [More]