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Infrastructural & Computational Facilities
I. INFRASTRUCTURE FOR RESEARCH
1. Four laboratories
2. Sound-attenuated recording room
3. Lecture halls (with AV aids)
4. Seminar hall with AV aids
5. Yoga hall
6. Departmental reference library: 291 books
7. Library : 9647 books & 240 journals
II. CENTRAL COMPUTATIONAL FACILITY
A BROWSING CENTER has been set up in Vicara hall with 20 computers, printers and scanners to cater to the needs of all students and 3 computers with e-mail facilities are set up in the Communication Center. Broad band high speed ISDN lines have come up in these places. Faculties have been provided with separate computers in their respective places.
III. PHYSIOLOGY
1. A 10-channel polygraph (POLYRITE, Recorders and Medicaid, Chandigarh) to record EEG, EMG, EOG, galvanic skin resistance, finger plethysmograph, electro-cardiograph, and breathing.
2. A 4-channel polygraph (Medicaid, Chandigarh) to record skin conductance, electro-cardiograph, breathing and finger plethysmograph.
3. An 8-channel electro-encephalograph (Medicaid, Chandigarh) to record EEG, surface EMG, and EOG during polysomnography.
4. Benedict-Roth closed circuit Spirometer to record oxygen consumption (INCO, Ambala).
5. Computerized Spirometer (Schiller; Switzerland) to study the whole range of pulmonary functions.
6. A Pentium computer with a VGA color monitor has been added to digitize the EKG signal for online acquisition and offline analysis of the beat-to-beat heart rate variability (HRV).
7. Computerized audiometer (Elkon, India) to obtain hearing spectrum i.e., audiogram.
IV. NEURO-PHYSIOLOGY LAB
1. Evoked Potential System to monitor the brain functioning.
2. Two Faraday cages, to study the phenomenon of transferred potential.
3. Random Even Generator (REG) to study Psycho-kinesis and measures of conscious fields.
4. Poly Somnography.
V. LABS FOR NEURO-PSYCHOLOGY
1. Critical flicker fusion electronic apparatus to study visual perception.
2. Mueller-Lyer apparatus to record the degree of optical illusion.
3. Whipple's hand steadiness is used to test the static motor performance, or the ability to keep the hand motionless, but steady.
4. O'Connor tweezer dexterity test is used to assess the ability to perform a task requiring eye-hand co-ordination and skill with dexterity (skill) and speed.
5. Hand dynamometer to measure hand grip strength.
6. Mirror star tracing apparatus tests the ability to trace an image perceived in a mirror.
7. Wooden Maze tests the ability to trace a path in a cut-out maze, blindfolded. This is essentially believed to be a right hemisphere task.
8. Card sorting apparatus tests the ability to sort 100 shuffled cards (with numbers/ colors) into 10 sets, as rapidly as possible. Sorting is believed to be a frontal cortex task, and number/letter sorting is a test for the "left brain" while colors/ shapes sorting is a "right brain" task.
9. Minnesota Manual Dexterity tests the ability to "pick up" and "place" test objects as rapidly as possible. This is a bimanual dexterity task.
10. Position meter tests the ability to make out the angle in which the elbow is passively positioned while blindfolded. This is a good measure of proprioception and the functioning of the "right brain".
11. Depth perception apparatus (Medicaid, Chandigarh) to understand depth in 3- dimensional space.
12. Reaction time apparatus for auditory and visual stimuli (Medicaid, Chandigarh) to study response time as an index of reflexes to lights and sounds.
13. Tower of London - an apparatus fabricated locally to study frontal lobe functions such as planning.
14. Trail making test for cognitive flexibility.
15. Cancellation tests for attention span and concentration.
VI. PSYCHOLOGICAL LAB
1. Figural cognition test battery.
2. Figural memory test battery.
3. Figural convergent production test.
4. Symbolic memory test battery.
5. Adjustment and personality inventories.
6. Home: School and Personal Inventory.
7. Figural: Symbolic and Semantic Divergent production test.
8. Audiometer to record the audiogram include threshold of hearing.
9. GSR, EMG, EKG, Thermal Breathing, EEG Bio-feedback.
VII. CLINICAL BIO-CHEMISTRY
1. Equipment to carry out basic clinical bio-chemistry such as a spectrometer/ colorimeter (Systronix, Bangalore, India), centrifuge, water bath, hot air oven and glassware.
2. A semi-automamtic analyzer (Boehringer-Mannheim, Germany).
VIII. CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY
1. Laminar Flow Workstation. All immunological serological and cell culture studies are done in this workstation.
2. Cooling Research Centrifuge: has - 22000 Rpm and Temp range varying from - 25 degree C to 40 degree C. Used to centrifuge test samples for cell separation
3. Research Biological Microscope,
4. Micropipettes (variable volume)
5. Water distillation plant,
6. pH Meter,
7. Measuring balance - sensitivity 0.1 mg,
8. Membrane filter holder,
9. Electronic Weighing machine,
10. Autoclave 25 liters capacity
11. Vacuum pump.
12. Deep Freezer (- 40 degree C): used for storing immunological kits and blood samples. The viability of blood samples is preserved for utmost 2 years from the date of collection.
13. CO2 Incubator - used for cell culture studies for culturing immune cells (T Lymphocytes) and evaluating their antigenic response for cancer project. Neuro-physiology : evoked potential
RESEARCH LIBRARY (SARASVATE)
The research library continues the process of development. At present there are approximately 1000 reference and medical textbooks. Subscription to scientific journals is restricted to national journals. The journals include Indian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology, Journal of Physicians of India, British Medical Journal (Indian edition). It is planned to include some international journals.
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