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Area of Science:

Neuroscience
Computational Neuroscience
Systems Neuroscience

Background:

The brain is traditionally viewed as interconnected neuronal clusters.
Limited understanding of the energetic principles governing large-scale brain function.

Purpose of the Study:

To propose a novel framework of the brain as an isoenergetic structure.
To explore the implications of isoenergicity for neuronal information processing and brain function.

Main Methods:

Conceptual framework development.
Analysis of energy metabolism and neuronal information distribution.
Theoretical implications for cognitive functions.

Main Results:

The brain is proposed as an isoenergetic system with low energy barriers.
Isoenergicity, maintained by energy metabolism, is an evolutionarily conserved property.
This property facilitates efficient neural coordination and fast memory access.

Conclusions:

Isoenergicity suggests a dissociation between energy metabolism and higher brain functions.
This framework implies a continuously reconstructed private space-time configuration.
Re-conceptualizes brain function through an energetic lens.