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Appraising the brain’s energy budget

Marcus E. Raichle, Debra A. Gusnard
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Summary & key facts 2002 838 citations

This 2002 PNAS review by Marcus Raichle and Debra Gusnard examines how the brain uses energy. The authors say the brain uses a large share of the body's energy and that most of that energy goes to ongoing, background neural activity. They note that short-lived, task-related increases in energy use…

Functional Brain Connectivity Studies Mitochondrial Function and Pathology Neural dynamics and brain function
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