IIT Madras Builds World’s Most Detailed 3D Human Brainstem Atlas

In a landmark for Indian neuroscience, the Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras) has released what it calls the world's most detailed three-dimensional atlas of the human brainstem, mapped down to individual cells. The atlas, named ANCHOR (short for Atlas of Neurochemical Characterization of the Human Brainstem with 3D Reconstruction), was developed by the institute's Sudha Gopalakrishnan Brain Centre (SGBC). It was formally unveiled at the 3rd BRICS Neuroscience Symposium 2026, hel