We Never Use the Same Brain Twice | Elias D. Kouvelas | TEDxNTUA

"All that we are is the result of what we have thought. The mind is everything. What we think we become."

With this phrase, Dr. Kouvelas invites us to dive into the majestic studies of the brain. Conscious and unconscious, thought and action, time and matter, are all aspects of his recent studies that focus on the relationship between brain and consciousness.

Elias D. Kouvelas, MD, PhD, is emeritus professor of physiology in the faculty of medicine, University of Patras, Greece, having served as its chairman from 1978 to 2005. After his Ph.D. degree his continued his studies abroad and he has worked as a researcher in many Universities. He is a member of Dana Alliance for Brain Initiatives and he has also served as a member of the National Advisory Research Board. Recent research activities focus on the study of the molecular disturbances in experimental models of degenerative diseases of the brain, stem cell transplantation in the brain of experimental models of disease Parkinson and study of the impact of early experi- ences in the molecular structure of the brain of adults. Alongside, during the past few years his main avocation involves the problem of the relationship between brain and consciousness.