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SUMMARY:How does energy efficiency shape the organization of brains? - Sim
 on Laughlin\, Department of Zoology\, University of Cambridge
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CONTACT:Mikail Rubinov
DESCRIPTION:Brains consume significant quantities of energy and are sensit
 ive to interruptions in supply. Remarkably detailed observations of changi
 ng patterns of energy supply have revolutionized cognitive neuroscience. B
 y comparison\, our knowledge of the involvement of energy in neural proces
 sing is rudimentary. I will discuss why neurons depend on energy to proces
 s information\, why they must use their energy efficiently and how efficie
 ncy shapes a brain’s organization. Many of the constraints on energy eff
 iciency are inescapable – they are deeply rooted in cell biology and com
 munications theory. Consequently the need to be energy efficiency influenc
 es a brain’s organization at all levels – molecular interactions in pr
 otein circuits\, the structure and function of neurons\, the coding and pr
 ocessing of information by neural circuits\, and the division of labour be
 tween different sets of circuits.\n
LOCATION:MRC CBU lecture theatre\, 15 Chaucer Road
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