Dr. Kaviraja Udupa
My current research focus
Professional membership:
Training and education
Current contact details
Additional Professor,
Dept of Neurophysiology, NIMHANS
E-mail: [email protected]
- Studying the induction of neuronal plasticity combining deep brain stimulation of subthalamic
- nucleus/globus pallidus and transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) to the motor cortex in Parkinson’s
- disease, dystonia and other movement disorders. Understanding the interaction between various excitatory
- and inhibitory neuronal networks in the primary motor cortex using TMS and investigating the alterations of
- such networks in various neurological and psychiatric disorders.
Professional membership:
- American Academy of Neurology (AAN)
- International Neuropsychiatry Association (INA)
- Society for Neuroscience (SFN)
- Indian Academy of Neurology (IAN) & Clinical Neurophysiology subsection
- Association of Physiologists & Pharmacologists of India (APPI)
- Indian Association of Bio-Medical Scientists (IABMS)
Training and education
- Post-Doctoral Fellowship (2007 – 2017) University of Toronto, Canada
- PhD (2005 –07) NIMHANS, Bangalore
- MD Physiology (2000 –03) JIPMER, Pondicherry University
- MBBS (1993 –99) Government Medical College, Mysore University
Current contact details
Additional Professor,
Dept of Neurophysiology, NIMHANS
E-mail: [email protected]