This chapter continues the theme work meets life by considering the energy used by nervous systems. Nervous systems process information using basic mechanisms of …
A Schurr - The Neuronal Environment: Brain Homeostasis in …, 2001 - books.google.com
Descriptions of cerebral energy requirements found in the literature may confuse many readers. On one hand, Hawkins (1) states that,“Although nervous tissue does not participate …
T Triffet, HS Green - Journal of Theoretical Biology, 1980 - Elsevier
A quantal model developed earlier by the authors is recast in terms of common macroscopic variables and applied to the well-documented T, P, N/L, AE neuron network of a leech …
Brain information transmission in the neuronal network occurs in the form of electrical signals. Neural work transmits information between the neurons or neurons and target cells …
JE Niven - Current opinion in neurobiology, 2016 - Elsevier
Highlights•Electrical signaling consumes substantial amounts of energy influencing physiology and anatomy.•Action potential energy consumption depends on the voltage …
FJ Torrealdea, C Sarasola, A d'Anjou, A Moujahid… - Biosystems, 2009 - Elsevier
The generation of spikes by neurons is energetically a costly process. This paper studies the consumption of energy and the information entropy in the signalling activity of a model …