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Scaling of Brain Metabolism and Blood Flow in Relation to Capillary and Neural Scaling
Brain is one of the most energy demanding organs in mammals, and its total metabolic rate scales with brain volume raised to a power of around 5/6. This value is significantly higher than the more common exponent 3/4 relating whole body resting metabolism with body mass and several other physiologic...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2011
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3203885/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22053202 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0026709 |