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The article offers information on Professor B. Ramamurthi, who was an Indian neurosurgeon. It presents an information that B. Ramamurthi, was an elected Fellow of all the three science academies in India in addition to the National Academy of Medical Sciences. It also mentions information on efforts of B. Ramamurthi, to establish the Neurosciences Centre at All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) and the research institute National Brain Research Centre in India.

In this article, the author presents the brief profile of Professor Baldev Singh and Professor Jacob Chandy. It mentions that Singh worked as a teacher in Biology in the Dayanand Anglo Vaidik Mahavidyalaya (DAV) College in Lahore, Pakistan. It also mentions that Chandy was the founding father of Neurosciences in India and worked with the Mission Hospital.

The article provides information on Krishna Prasad Bhargava, a professor who is considered as founder of Indian Neurosciences. Topics discussed include his childhood and education in Alwar, India and graduation from King George's Medical College; establishment of Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR); and his research on cardiovascular functions.

The article features Professors Autar Singh Paintal and Darab Kersasp Dastur, founders of Indian Neurosciences. Paintal was born in Mogok, Burma on September 24, 1925 and died on December 21, 2004. His major contribution to science is said to be the development of a single-fiber technique for recording afferent impulses from individual sensory receptors. Professor Dastur was born in Bombay, India on February 6, 1924 and died on February 16, 2010. His awards and honours are listed.

The article talks about Bimal Kumar Bachhawat, Indian neurochemist and glycobiologist, known for his discovery of HMG-CoA lyase, which is an intermediate in mevalonate and ketogenesis pathway, and for elucidation of molecular cause of Metachromatic leukodystrophy, a hereditary disease of the brain. Professor Bal Krishan Anand, Indian Physiologist and Pharmacologistis credited for the discovery of feeding center in Hypothalamus in 1951.

The nearly absent ability of the neurons to regenerate or multiply has prompted neuroscientists to search for the mean to replace damaged or dead cells. The failed attempts using adult tissue, initiated nearly a century ago, ultimately brought rays of hope when developing fetal neurons were used for transplantation in 1970s. The initial excitement was tempered by limited success and ethical issues. But these efforts unequivocally established the feasibility of successful neural transplantation provided appropriate tissue was available. The ability to derive embryonic stem cells with their totipotent potential by Thomson in 1998 rekindled the interest in their use for replacement therapy for damaged brain tissue. The present review surveys the current status of this promising field of stem cell research especially in respect to their therapeutic potentials for purposes of neural transplantation. A brief account is provided of the ongoing Indian efforts in this direction. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]