Scientists Find Big Difference Between Human Neurons and Neurons of Other Animals.

We expect humans to be far more intelligent than other species. While this is true scientists at MIT have found that human neurons have much less ion channels than expected. Looking at other animals they found a trend. As the size of the neurons increase the density of the ion channels increase. However, this is not true for human neurons. This leads us to believe that the human cortex is super-efficient. Researchers believe that this low density is a way to spend less energy on pumping ions. This allows the human neuron to be more efficient compared to other species. This will allow humans to use less ATP compared to other species.  ​