Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!ames!lll-lcc!lll-winken!uunet!portal!cup.portal.com!mmm From: mmm@cup.portal.com (Mark Robert Thorson) Newsgroups: sci.bio Subject: Re: Energy dissipation of human neurons. Message-ID: <14804@cup.portal.com> Date: 19 Feb 89 00:19:44 GMT References: <481@ubbpc.UUCP> Organization: The Portal System (TM) Lines: 2 According to my notes from a Zoology course I took in college, the human brain burns about one-half watt.