A central premise for research in neuroscience is to mechanistically decipher the physiological roles of the brain in effectuating learning and memory. The tripartite framework that is at the core of learning and memory ...

Saccades are rapid eye movements that we continually make (about 2-3 times per second) to look around and scan our visual environment. Though we effortlessly execute saccadic eye movements all the time, they are not just ...

Biological entities must adopt mechanisms to override the impact of external perturbations to achieve stability and robustness. A crucial feature of biological systems is that they exhibit several forms of heterogeneities ...

Cancer has become a major health problem due to its high rate of morbidity and mortality. Severe side effects associated with most of the available anticancer drugs and the development of the drug resistant cells are the ...

The first chapter will provide an introduction to the physiology, pathogenesis and biology of mycobacteria. Host-pathogen interactions, different modes of resistance of the bacteria, adaptations for survival under nutrient ...

The work presented in this thesis deals with the analysis of protein crystal structures with an emphasis on the stereochemical aspects of the folded conformation of proteins. The various analyses described have been performed ...

Notch receptors and ligands are type I transmembrane proteins that regulate development and differentiation during cell-cell contact. There are four Notch receptor homologues and five notch ligands, identified in humans ...