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Wednesday, March 4, 2020 at 8 p.m., at the Rabelais Center in Montpellier. The brain is the most complex object in the living world and probably in the Universe: an absolute marvel made up of 10 billion neurons and as many glial cells and 100 km of blood vessels! Not to mention the enormous amount of energy it needs. It is our identity and controls all of our vital functions, our thoughts, emotions and actions. We believe we control it, that we are in control and that is good for our mental health: schizophrenia is an alteration of this sensation, with the impression that someone else controls our actions! However, the majority of our actions and decisions are taken by the brain unconsciously. In addition, 90% of the energy used is for functions that escape our awareness. Sometimes, our brain even deceives us... Let's be careful! A graduate of the École Normale Supérieure and an associate professor of natural sciences, he completed his doctorate at the Collège de France. He created the CNRS-Inserm Centre for Pharmacology-Endocrinology (CCIPE) in Montpellier, then the Institute of Functional Genomics (IGF). President of the French Society of Neuroscience, he was director of the Montpellier Genopole and the Rabelais BioSanté Cluster. A member of the Academy of Sciences, he is a specialist in intercellular communication, hormone receptors and neurotransmitters. Video produced by Antoine Bourlier (MSH SUD), as part of the Agora des Savoirs: https://www.montpellier.fr/3806-savoi... This video is a co-production between Montpellier 3M and MSH SUD.