Part of: GS Prelims and GS-III – Achievements of Indians in Science and Technology;
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A team of neuroscientists from the National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences (NIMHANS) has developed Indian Brain Templates (IBT) and a brain atlas.
Key takeaways
Neuroscientists studied over 500 brain scans of Indian patients to develop five sets of Indian Brain Templates (IBT) and a brain atlas.
IBT provides a scale that will measure an Indian Brain.
Brain Atlas has been developed for five age groups covering late childhood to late adulthood (six to 60 years).
These new population and age-specific Indian brain templates will allow more reliable tracking of brain development and ageing.
They will provide more precise reference maps for areas of interest in individual patients with neurological disorders like strokes, brain tumours, and dementia.
These will also help pool information more usefully in group studies of the human brain and psychological functions.
These will aid in understanding of psychiatric illnesses like Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), autism, substance dependence, schizophrenia, and mood disorders.
Do you know?
Brain Template is a gross representation from various brain images to understand brain functionality in diseased conditions.
The Montreal Neurological Index (MNI) template that India currently uses is based on Caucasian brains, which are different from Asian brains.
