Jon Lieff MD - Regulation of Brain Energy
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"The brain uses 20% of the body’s energy, although it weighs three pounds. Humans have more genes operating to metabolize energy for the costly cognitive brain than other species. Recent research is now showing which neuronal activity uses the most energy. In fact, it is the activity of the ion channels along the axon and synapses that uses most of the energy. Astrocytes use much of the rest carefully monitoring and regulating the energy usage."
http://jonlieffmd.com/blog/regulation-brain-energy
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