Cortical energy demands of signaling and nonsignaling components in brain are conserved across mammalian species and activity levels
Hyder F, Rothman DL, Bennett MR. Cortical energy demands of signaling and nonsignaling components in brain are conserved across mammalian species and activity levels. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2013, 110: 3549-3554. PMID: 23319606, PMCID: PMC3587194, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1214912110.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGlucose oxidation ratesCerebral cortexNeuronal activityActivity levelsGlucose metabolic dataHuman cerebral cortexMetabolic dataOxidative demandAwake valuesCortical neuronsSynaptic transmissionGlucose metabolismAwake stateSensory stimulationAnatomic dataRatsCortexMammalian speciesIsoelectricityMagnetic resonance spectroscopy resultsSignaling requirementsAstrocytesCell membraneLevelsNeurons