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| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1935|5|26}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Andhra Pradesh]], India<br />
| death_date = 1992<br />
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| nationality = [[Indian nationality|Indian]]<br />
| fields = {{ublist | [[Neurophysiology]] | [[Neuroscience]] }}<br />
| workplaces = {{ublist | [[AIIMS Delhi]] | [[NIMHANS]] }}<br />
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| known_for = Neurophysiological studies on sleep and wakefulness<br />
| awards = {{ublist| 1980&nbsp;[[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize]] }}<br />
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'''Turaga Desiraju''' (1935–1992) was an Indian [[neurophysiologist]] and a professor at [[National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences]] (NIMHANS).<ref name=" NPhy NIMHANS founder Dr. T Desiraju remembered at Yoga Appreciation Course Inauguration">{{Cite web |url=http://nphy.weebly.com/nphytimes/nphy-nimhans-founder-dr-t-desiraju-remembered-at-yoga-appreciation-course-inauguration |title= NPhy NIMHANS founder Dr. T Desiraju remembered at Yoga Appreciation Course Inauguration |date=2017 |publisher=Department of Neurophysiology - NIMHANS}}</ref> He was associated with [[AIIMS Delhi]] before joining NIMHANS<ref name="Neurosciences - An Overview">{{Cite web |url=http://neuroscienceacademy.org.in/downloads/pub/Set1.pdf |title=Neurosciences - An Overview |date=2017 |publisher=Neuroscience Academy}}</ref> and founded the Department of Neurophysiology at NIMHANS in 1975.<ref name="Neurophysiology">{{Cite web |url=http://www.nimhans.ac.in/kn/node/169 |title=Neurophysiology |date=2017 |publisher=NIMHANS}}</ref> 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.<ref name="Brief Profile of the Awardee">{{Cite web |url=http://ssbprize.gov.in/content/Detail.aspx?AID=333 |title=Brief Profile of the Awardee |date=2017 |publisher=Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize}}</ref><br />
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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.<ref name="AUTONOMIC CHANGES DURING OM MEDITATION">{{Cite web |url=http://doczz.net/doc/3278176/autonomic-changes-during--om--meditation |title=AUTONOMIC CHANGES DURING "OM" MEDITATION |last=SHIRLEYTELLES, R.NAGARATHNA, H.R.NAGENDRA |date=2017 |publisher=Vivekananda Kendra Yoga Research Foundation}}</ref> He was the editor of ''Indian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology''<ref name="Other Activities">{{Cite web |url=http://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED289320.pdf |title=Other Activities |date=2017 |publisher=National Inst. of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences}}</ref> and was an elected fellow of the [[National Academy of Medical Sciences]].<ref name="NAMS Deceased Fellows">{{Cite web |url=http://nams-india.in/downloads/obit.pdf |title=NAMS Deceased Fellows |date=2017 |publisher=National Academy of Medical Sciences}}</ref> 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.<ref name="View Bhatnagar Awardees">{{cite web | url=http://ssbprize.gov.in/Content/AwardeeList.aspx | title=View Bhatnagar Awardees | publisher=Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize | date=2016 | accessdate=12 November 2016}}</ref><br />
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== Selected bibliography ==<br />
* {{Cite journal |last=Turaga Desiraju |title=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 |journal=Brain Research |publication-date=1973 |volume=63 |issue=7 |pages=19–29 |doi=10.1016/0006-8993(73)90073-5}}<br />
* {{Cite journal |last=Turaga Desiraju |title=Alternations in Neuronal Development under influence of Conditions of Nurture and Heterotopic Transplantation |journal=a |url=http://insa.nic.in/writereaddata/UpLoadedFiles/PINSA/Vol56B_1990_1_Art09.pdf |publication-date=1990 |volume=1 |pages=69–72}}<br />
* {{Cite journal |vauthors=Lakshmana MK, Desiraju T, Raju TR|title=Mercuric chloride-induced alterations of levels of noradrenaline, dopamine, serotonin and acetylcholine esterase activity in different regions of rat brain during postnatal development |journal=Arch. Toxicol. |publication-date=1993 |volume=67 |issue=6 |pages=422–427 |pmid=8215912 |doi=10.1007/bf01977404}}<br />
* {{Cite journal |vauthors=Singh J, Desiraju T, Raju TR|title=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 |journal=Behav. Brain Res. |publication-date=1997 |volume=86 |issue=2 |pages=171–179 |pmid=9134152 |doi=10.1016/s0166-4328(96)02263-2}}<br />
* {{Cite journal |vauthors=Singh J, Desiraju T, Raju TR|title=Cholinergic and GABAergic modulation of self-stimulation of lateral hypothalamus and ventral tegmentum: effects of carbachol, atropine, bicuculline, and picrotoxin |journal=Physiol. Behav. |publication-date=1997 |volume=61 |issue=3 |pages=411–418 |pmid=9089760 |doi=10.1016/s0031-9384(96)00452-0}}<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* {{Cite web |url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/nphynimhans/5804959804 |title=Turaga Desiraju |date=2017 |publisher=Flickr}}<br />
* {{Cite web |url=http://scicurve.com/author/Desiraju%20T |title=General statistics about papers of Desiraju T |date=2017 |publisher=SciCurve |work=List of articles}}<br />
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== Further reading ==<br />
* {{Cite web |url=http://u-g-krishnamurti.blogspot.ae/2007/04/dr-desiraju.html |title=Stopped In Our Tracks |last=K. Chandrasekhar |date=2017 |publisher=Stories of U.G. In India - U. G. Krishnamoorthy}}<br />
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