Human brain cortical oxygen consumption is positively related to soma surface area density.
Manuela Carriero, Alessandra Stella Caporale, Davide Di Censo, Ian D. Driver, Elizabeth Jane Fear, Hannah Louise Chandler, Fabrizio Fasano, Domenico Zacà, Emma Biondetti, Carolyn Beth McNabb, Michael A. Germuska, Derek Kenton Jones, Marco Palombo, Richard G. Wise, Antonio Maria Chiarelli
The paper links cerebral oxygen metabolism to gray matter microstructural features in humans using non-invasive MRI methods, finding positive associations between oxygen consumption and soma surface area density.
bioRxiv · Oct 1, 2026 · PreprintNeuroscience