philipp mergenthaler @pm_lab@qoto.org
#Stroke, #Mitochondria, #BrainMetabolism and #CellDeath researcher 🔬, Translational Neurologist, Einstein Junior Fellow, @BerlinStroke
@ChariteBerlin
Communication consumes 35 times more energy than computation in the human cortex
The brain is the hungriest organ in the body (using 20% of all energy consumed). But most of it is not used for "computing"; it's used to send messages around.
If you've been wondering what the fantastic @JohannesHugger has been doing in the lab, now you know :)
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RT @eLife
The new tool MorphoFeatures allows researchers to automatically assign cell types and tissues in electron microscopy images, a step which is critical for understanding complex organisms. https://elifesciences.org/articles/86172?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=organic_insights
https://twitter.com/eLife/status/1627383268910702592
This book is hard to find (and rather expensive when found) but the drawings are gorgeous.
#sciArt #RadivojKrstić #cellAnatomy
#Stroke, #Mitochondria, #BrainMetabolism and #CellDeath researcher 🔬, Translational Neurologist, Einstein Junior Fellow, @BerlinStroke
@ChariteBerlin
