Brains are metabolically expensive

Published on May 24, 2024

Did you know…

“The brain is metabolically expensive. In humans, the brain consumes approximately 20% of our metabolic energy, despite comprising only 2% of our body mass, making it amongst the most energetically costly organs in the body” (Padamsey at al. 2023).

Thinking, working, and being creative require energy!

Source: Padamsey Z, Rochefort NL. Paying the brain's energy bill. Curr Opin Neurobiol. 2023;78:102668.
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