Past Projects
- Neurophysiology of Yoga and altered states of consciousness
- The effect of malnutrition on brain development with special reference to synapse formation
- Learning and neuronal plasticity
- Intracranial self stimulation and the drugs which influence this phenomenon
- Effect of environmental toxins on brain function
- Neural transplantation and functional recovery
- Stress mediated changes in the brain
- Neural cell response to the infection of Japanese encephalitis virus
- Zinc induced Neurotoxicity in vitro
- Effect of pranayama on the auditory somatosensory evoked potential
- Neurophysiological basis of treating depressive patients (dysthymia) with pranayama
- Stress induced learning deficits
- Neurotrophic factors and the regeneration of olfactory bulb neurons
- Motor neuron disease evaluation of circulating toxic factors present int the cerebrospinal fluid of the patients with amyotropic lateral sclerosis
- Retinal neural networks in vivo - a model of information processing in brain
- Effect of exposure to light on the differentiation of photo receptors
- Subordinate stress induced changes in prefrontal lobe
- Long term undernutrition and its effect on the levels of neurotransmitters and brain structures in primates
- National project on consciousness (ICMR 1981)
- Electrophysiological studies on the effects of under nutrition on developing brain (CSIR since 1984)
- Investigations on neuropsychobiology
- Study to investigate into the mechanisms of emotional stress and resistance
- Neurophysiological investigations on meditations
- Study of neurophysiology of pranayamas
- Neurophysiological study of the effects of under nutrition on the developing neocortex
- Study of cerebral electrical activity in "brain stimulation reward" behaviour and its modifications by chemical and electrical stimulations
- Study of neurophysiological correlates: conditioning of autonomic functions
- Study of effects of chronic under nutrition on the morphological features of the developing cerebral cortex
- Study of effects of environmental neurotoxins on neurotransmitters and electrical activity of developing brain
- Study of patterns of changes occurring in the electrical activities of brain areas during conditioned pedal pressing for reward
- Study of morphological changes in undernourished developing brain and the study of extents of recoveries with rehabilitation
- Study of effects of synaptic transmission modulators of classical neurotransmitters and neuropepties on the brain reward system and other basic behaviours
- Study of harmful effects of metabolic and pesticidal pollutants of environment and of effects of food colouring additives on brain and behaviour
- Neuropsychophysiological investigations of the organization of the brain reward substrates of hypothalamus and midbrain.
- Effects of heavy metals and pesticidal contaminants of environment on brain
- Studies on the effect of enriching experience on developing brain
- Probing of the hedonic/reward/drive/motivation mechanism of the brain
- Study of the possibilities of volitional learning to influence the visceral functions
- Experimental neurophysiological investigations of the properties of the basal forebrain cholinergic neuronal system
- Psychophysiological effects of yogic practices in health and disease
- Neurophysiological study of deviations and retardations on developmental processes of growing brain imposed by under nutrition
- Study of ontogeny of synapses in molecular layer of cerebral cortex (visual and frontal areas) and role of under nutrition
- Study of catecholaminergic neuronal projections in cerebral cortex
- Study of influence of states of pain and aggression on positive reward behaviour
- Study of dendritic changes of neurons due to hedonic experience
- Role of volitional influence to regulate cardiac function
- Organization of interconnections, synaptic transmitters and receptors and electrical signalling properties in brain
- Study on neurons of brain tissue transplants
- Neural transplants and behavioural recovery
- Neurotoxicitiy of organochlorate pesticides reflected by changes in neurotransmitter levels and behaviour
- Neuronal plasticity induced by self-stimulation rewarding behavioural experience: morphological, biochemical and immunocytochemical evaluation
- Effect of ischemia on motor neuron and protective effect of trophic factors
- Stress induced changes in hippocampus - a morphological, neurochemical, behavioural and in vitro study
- Olfactory tract lesion and regeneration leading to structural and behavioural recovery: role of target delivered trophic factors: an in vivo and in vitro study
- Regeneration of olfactory tract following experimentally produced lesion in neonatal rats: A behavioral, morphological, biochemical and ultra-structural study
- Role of subiculum in memory: a behavioural, morphological and electrophysiological study using operant conditioning as a model
- Synaptic organization in rat retina: a study on in vivo and in vitro neuronal circuitry
- ALS (motor neuron disease) and hyper-phosphorylation of neurofilament in spinal cord neurons
- Role of monoamine oxidase type A and B on NA, DA and 5-HT metabolism in primate brain
- Spinal cord ischemia and neuroprotection by deprenyl
- Neuroprotection of spinal cord neurons exposed to CSF from patients with Amyotropic lateral sclerosis: an in vivo and in vitro study
- Electrophysiological, behavioural, biochemical and possible neuroprotective effects of anti-epileptic stress in an animal model
- Behavioural, biochemical and electrophysiological evaluation of depression in an animal model
- Aluminium induced neurotoxicity and the evaluation of neuroprotective effects of (-) deprenyl
- Role of hippocampal inputs in self-stimulation induced cognitive changes
- Evaluation of neuroprotection in spinal cord ischemia - a multifunctional analysis using an animal model
- Aluminium and glutamate induced neurotoxicity in cultured spinal motor neurons: putative neuroprotection by spin traps: PBN and DMPO
- Effect of restraint stress on the hippocampal CA3 pyramidal neurons - the role of entorhinal cortex
- In vitro study on the role of glucocorticoids in the zinc induced neurotoxicity on hippocampal neurons
- Role of neurotransmitters in developing retinal neurons - an in vitro study on neuronal survival, growth, metabolism and electrical activity
- Hippocampal, entorhinal and posterior hypothalamic neuronal activities in subicular lesioned rats
- Polysomnographic studies of sleep architecture in aluminium exposed rats - evaluation of beneficial effects of (-) deprenyl