Why Does The Brain Use So Much Energy?

The organ that uses the most energy is the brain. The brain that acts like the control center of the body. Even brains that are in a vegetative state still use large amounts of energy.  As we know the brain have synapses where the neurons in the brain exchange energy. According to researchers, these synapses use up a lot of energy. The researches did tests on rats and found out that these synapses use a lot of energy even when they were not firing. The found out the protein pump of the synapse is what took up an lot of energy. They found out that the vesicles were leaky. The vesicles leaked out protons and this led to increased need for energy. ​

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