Mikhaylets, E. V.
Razorenova, A. М.
Chernyshev, V. L.
Norbu, N.
Sangpo, L.
Zhironkina, Y. S.
Kaplan, A. Y.
Funding for this research was provided by:
Russian Science Foundation (24-68-00030)
Natalia Bekhtereva Foundation
Nalanda Foundation
Article History
Received: 7 November 2025
Accepted: 23 March 2026
First Online: 29 July 2026
Declarations
Competing interests: The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.
Ethics statement: The studies involving humans were approved by Sera Jey Science Center, Karnataka State, India. The studies were conducted in accordance with the local legislation and institutional requirements. The participants provided their written informed consent to participate in this study.
Informed consent: was written in English. As some of the participants were not proficient in English, the text of the informed consent, the purpose of the study, and its procedure were translated and explained to them in their native Tibetan language with the assistance of professional Tibetan translators.