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ArticleBiopreservation and biobanking2025

A Survey of Community Perceptions on Brain Donation for Research.

Alicia Sweeney, Amanda Rush, Julia Stevens, Greg T Sutherland

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Article in Biopreservation and biobanking, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2citing papers in PubMed
2.2field-weighted citation impact, top 14% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Alicia SweeneyNew South Wales Brain Tissue Research Centre, Charles Perkins Centre and School of Medical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Camperdown, Australia.ORCID 0009-0002-8533-7923
Amanda RushMenzies Centre for Health Policy and Economics, Charles Perkins Centre and School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Camperdown, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-8714-8547
Julia StevensNew South Wales Brain Tissue Research Centre, Charles Perkins Centre and School of Medical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Camperdown, Australia.ORCID 0000-0001-9613-6188
Greg T SutherlandNew South Wales Brain Tissue Research Centre, Charles Perkins Centre and School of Medical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Camperdown, Australia.ORCID 0000-0003-2493-9736
The University of Sydney · AUThe Centre for Health (New Zealand) · NZ

Funding

Brain Tissue Resource Centre for Alcohol ResearchR28AA012725 · NIAAA · UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY · PI Greg Trevor Sutherland · 2012 to 2026
$7.0M
NIAAA NIH HHS R28 AA012725
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Postmortem brain donation for medical research is a little-known form of organ donation. While most brain research is carried out using animal models, many neurological diseases are uniquely human. Greater availability of human postmortem brain tissue from diseased individuals and controls would therefore improve the development of treatments for neurological and neuropsychiatric diseases. Globally, organ donation for medical research is dwarfed by organ donation for transplantation. In 2021, 36% of Australians were registered organ donors for transplantation, with public "in-principle" support even higher, at 76%. In contrast, there are little data on Australian or international brain donation rates for research. A 30-item online survey was conducted to ascertain knowledge of, and attitudes toward, brain donation in Australia. Of the respondents, 12/237 (5%) were current brain donors and excluded from further analysis. Of the remaining 225, 75% were registered organ donors for transplant. The vast majority (

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BrainHealth Knowledge, Attitudes, PracticeTissue and Organ ProcurementTissue DonorsAdultAustraliaBiomedical ResearchFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedSurveys and Questionnairesbrain bankingdonor recruitmentperceptionspostmortempublic

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PMID38457650
PMCPMC12344117
OpenAlexW4392580723

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