Human Brain and the Potato: Similarities Within the Mitochondrial Ion Channels

"Certain elements of the membranes surrounding cellular mitochondria, responsible for transporting potassium ions, are identical in the potato and in mammalian brain, suggest researchers from the Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Warsaw. Their claim is based on research conducted in collaboration with scientists from the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan."

Article Source: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/12/111201094255.htm