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		ummonk on Nov 14, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Study finds a difference between neurons of humans... Since it’s about density of ion channels, surely you’d want to check brain samples from animals with brains larger than humans’ to compare?

Causality1 on Nov 14, 2021 [–]

This is a good point. There are several other metrics by which larger-massed animals are more efficient than smaller ones, such as oxygen usage per kg of body mass. Perhaps a similar effect is applicable to brains?

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