Turaga Desiraju Explained

Turaga Desiraju
Birth Date:	1935 5, df=yes
Birth Place:	Machilipatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India
Death Date:	1992
Nationality:	Indian
Known For:	Neurophysiological studies on sleep and wakefulness

Turaga Desiraju (1935–1992; Machilipatnam, Andhra Pradesh) was an Indian neurophysiologist and a professor at National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS).^[1] He was associated with AIIMS Delhi before joining NIMHANS^[2] and founded the Department of Neurophysiology at NIMHANS in 1975.^[3] He was known for his neurophysiological studies on sleep and wakefulness and his extensive studies on the activities of cerebral cortex helped to widen the understanding of conscious behaviour.^[4]

Desiraju's studies on the neuron-physiology of Yoga and theories of consciousness were the corner stones of Project Consciousness, an experimental project promoted by NIMHANS which incorporated Yoga practices.^[5] He was the editor of Indian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology^[6] and was an elected fellow of the National Academy of Medical Sciences.^[7] The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, the apex agency of the Government of India for scientific research, awarded him the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology, one of the highest Indian science awards for his contributions to Medical Sciences in 1980.^[8]

Selected bibliography

• Turaga Desiraju . Electrophysiology of the frontal granular cortex. II. Patterns of spontaneous discharges of impulses of neurons in the cortex through states of sleep and wakefulness in the monkey . Brain Research . 1973 . 1973 . 63 . 7 . 19–29 . 10.1016/0006-8993(73)90073-5. 4357968 .
• Turaga Desiraju . Alterations in Neuronal Development under influence of Conditions of Nurture and Heterotopic Transplantation . Proceedings of the Indian National Science Academy . 1990 . 1 . 69–72.
• Lakshmana MK, Desiraju T, Raju TR. Mercuric chloride-induced alterations of levels of noradrenaline, dopamine, serotonin and acetylcholine esterase activity in different regions of rat brain during postnatal development . Arch. Toxicol. . 1993 . 1993 . 67 . 6 . 422–427 . 8215912 . 10.1007/bf01977404. 13154317 .
• Singh J, Desiraju T, Raju TR. Dopamine receptor sub-types involvement in nucleus accumbens and ventral tegmentum but not in medial prefrontal cortex: on self-stimulation of lateral hypothalamus and ventral mesencephalon . Behav. Brain Res. . 1997 . 1997 . 86 . 2 . 171–179 . 9134152 . 10.1016/s0166-4328(96)02263-2. 37306992 .
• Singh J, Desiraju T, Raju TR. Cholinergic and GABAergic modulation of self-stimulation of lateral hypothalamus and ventral tegmentum: effects of carbachol, atropine, bicuculline, and picrotoxin . Physiol. Behav. . 1997 . 1997 . 61 . 3 . 411–418 . 9089760 . 10.1016/s0031-9384(96)00452-0. 25041665 .

External links

• Web site: Turaga Desiraju . 2017 . Flickr.
• Web site: General statistics about papers of Desiraju T . 2017 . SciCurve . List of articles.

Further reading

• Web site: Stopped In Our Tracks . K. Chandrasekhar . 2017 . Stories of U.G. In India - U. G. Krishnamoorthy.

Notes and References

1. Web site: NPhy NIMHANS founder Dr. T Desiraju remembered at Yoga Appreciation Course Inauguration . 2017 . Department of Neurophysiology - NIMHANS.
2. Web site: Neurosciences - An Overview . 2017 . Neuroscience Academy.
3. Web site: Neurophysiology . 2017 . NIMHANS.
4. Web site: Brief Profile of the Awardee . 2017 . Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize.
5. Web site: AUTONOMIC CHANGES DURING "OM" MEDITATION . SHIRLEYTELLES, R.NAGARATHNA, H.R.NAGENDRA . 2017 . Vivekananda Kendra Yoga Research Foundation.
6. Web site: Other Activities . 2017 . National Inst. of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences.
7. Web site: NAMS Deceased Fellows . 2017 . National Academy of Medical Sciences.
8. Web site: View Bhatnagar Awardees . Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize . 2016 . 12 November 2016.