Unconventional Neuroscience

The brain is the most energy expensive organ of our body. It consumes a lot of energy from the blood to ensure we can do our day to day tasks (such as you reading this post!). Besides that, it also forms the seat of creative thinking, and even brings in motivation to do science! How in the world is it able to cater to all complex human tasks? We now know that neurons are not the sole ‘avengers’ of brain. The ‘other brain’ as it is know by some, will be unraveled in this talk. There is more to the conventional picture of neuroscience!

In my talk I will show what we do and don't know about Dopamine in the brain. Is Dopamine causing happiness? (Unlikely). Is Dopamine causing addiction? (It's probably related). What do we even know? Why do we need computer simulations when we already have model experiments, brain imaging and more? I will present my research on diffusion of Dopamine in the brain mostly by showing visualisations of my simulations and what insights can be gained by theoretical considerations and computer simulations.