This is Chandru Jr (Biochem 71-74), I haven’t been in touch with the group for a year, sorry. Couple of apologies also, I missed meeting Raju and Bala last month, but I promise to meet you next time, in April? Balu called me the other day, told me to get back to the group and persuaded me to do a write up on another stimulating topic that all can have inputs. Here, I go, my research interest for the past 20 years has been energy (glucose) metabolism in nervous system, 15 years on brain (Alzheimer’s disease) and 5 years on peripheral nervous system (Diabetic neuropathy). I have been “day dreaming about getting back to brain”.  That is my topic, “day dreaming”, is there a network for this in the brain? is it in the back of the brain? why do we need it? how does it work? do we need to preserve it as we age? and importantly how can we preserve it? all from a layman biochemist’s point of view. The primer is next week (hopefully once a week) and will be a word/PDF attachment. Thanks, Balu for getting me back to day dream. 

Chandru

Biochem 71-74