Cerebra, whose real name is Shakti Haddad, is a founding member of the X-Men of 2099 and founder of X-Nation. She is a mutant from India whose powers are a form of telepathy that allows her to 'sense' mutants in a similar manner to Charles Xavier's Cerebro. She also has the ability to manipulate a person's nervous system and paralyze them as well as stun and render them unconscious. The X-Men are a group of comic book superheroes featured in Marvel Comics. ... Marvel 2099 was an imprint of Marvel Comics in the 1990s which explored the future of the Marvel Universe. ... Telepathy, from the Greek τηλε, tele, distant, and πάθεια, patheia, feeling, is the supposed ability to communicate information from one mind to another without the use of extra tools such as speech or body language, and is one form of extra-sensory perception or anomalous cognition. ... Professor X (full name Charles Francis Xavier) is a comic book character in the Marvel Comics universe. ... Cerebro is a mutant-detecting mechanism that the X-Men leader Professer Charles Xavier uses to detect mutants who are using their powers. ... The nervous system of an animal coordinates the activity of the muscles, monitors the organs, constructs and processes input from the senses, and initiates actions. ...

Shakti was first seen in the first issue of X-Men 2099. In that issue, she recruited a mutant named Timothy Fitzgerald aka Skullfire. She played an important part in the X-Men or 2099 and founded the X-Nation in Halo City. X-Nation was a team of teenage mutants that included December and Wulff. In 2099 World of Tomorrow, Shakti lost her mutant powers and the use of her legs by Franklin, a robot who also destroyed her nervous system. Shakti's father is Indian scientist Zail Haddad who is a biochemist. Although Zail repaired her nervous sytem, Cerebra did not regain her mutant powers or the use of her legs. Towards the end of the series, it was revealed Shakti was pregnant but this was never explained as the series was cancelled soon after.

Cerebra is also the name of an improved version of Cerebro introduced in Grant Morrison's New X-Men. Grant Morrison (1960 - ) is a Scottish comic book writer and cartoonist best-known for his non-linear narratives and counter-cultural leanings and often acclaimed as one of the most creative writers ever to work in mainstream comics. ...