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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?



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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