Relationship between oxygen consumption and neuronal activity in a defined neural circuit

Abstract Background Neuronal computations related to sensory and motor activity along with the maintenance of spike discharge, synaptic transmission, and associated housekeeping are energetically demanding. The most efficient metabolic process to provide large amounts of energy equivalents is oxidat...

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Main Authors: Suzan Özugur, Lars Kunz, Hans Straka
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-07-01
Series:BMC Biology
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12915-020-00811-6