Thermodynamic constraints on neural dimensions, firing rates, brain temperature and size

Journal of Computational Neuroscience

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 415-436

  Karbowski, Jan ^a,b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF BIOCYBERNETICS AND BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING   (Poland)

Author keywords

Brain size; Fiber diameter; Heat balance; Limits; Metabolism; Temperature; Wiring

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; BLOOD VESSELS; FIBERS; HEAT CONDUCTION; HEMODYNAMICS; MAMMALS; METABOLISM; PUMPS; SPECIFIC HEAT; TEMPERATURE;

BRAIN SIZE; BRAIN TEMPERATURES; FIBER DIAMETERS; FIRING RATES; HEAT BALANCE; LIMIT; MAMMALIAN BRAIN; METABOLIC ACTIVITY; SMALL BRAINS; THERMODYNAMIC CONSTRAINTS;

BRAIN;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE (POTASSIUM SODIUM);

ACTION POTENTIAL; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN SIZE; BRAIN TEMPERATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; GLUCOSE UTILIZATION; HEAT LOSS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SODIUM CELL LEVEL; SODIUM TRANSPORT; THERMODYNAMICS; THERMOREGULATION;

EID: 70350572388     PISSN: 09295313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10827-009-0153-7     Document Type: Article

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