Approximate invariance of metabolic energy per synapse during development in mammalian brains

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Karbowski, Jan ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOCYBERNETICS AND BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULTHOOD; ARTICLE; BIRTH; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN METABOLISM; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; MAMMAL; METABOLIC RATE; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TEMPORAL CORTEX; VISUAL CORTEX; ADULT; ALGORITHM; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BRAIN; CAT; ENERGY METABOLISM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HAPLORHINI; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; SECRETION;

MAMMALIA; PRIMATES; RATTUS;

AGENTS INTERACTING WITH TRANSMITTER, HORMONE OR DRUG RECEPTORS; GLUCOSE;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; BRAIN; CATS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; ENERGY METABOLISM; GLUCOSE; HAPLORHINI; HUMANS; MAMMALS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; RATS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SYNAPSES; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 84858992779     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0033425     Document Type: Article

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