ArticleJournal of neuropathology and experimental neurology2024
Brain banking in the United States and Europe: Importance, challenges, and future trends.
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- Investigating neuropathological correlates of hyperactive and psychotic symptoms in dementia: a systematic review.Frontiers in dementia · 2025Pooled it
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- Dissecting Alzheimer's disease heterogeneity by cross-trait polygenic prediction.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026Article
- Leveraging machine learning and network biology approaches to predict brain gene expression from blood transcriptomes.GigaScience · 2026Article
- Distinct brain extracellular vesicle microRNA profiles differ in frontotemporal dementia and Alzheimer's disease.Brain communications · 2026Article
- Brain extraction for fixed tissue banking: a technical report.Free neuropathology · 2026Article
- UC Irvine's Brain Initiative Cell Atlas Network (BICAN) Brain Procurement Program for the Center for Multiomic Human Brain Cell Atlas Project.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025Article
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- Brain banks in Latin America: Infrastructure for diagnosis, research, and scientific equity in Mexico and the Caribbean.Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association · 2025Article
- Brain donation rules in Italy and worldwide: overview of a cutting-edge topic for human brain research.Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2025Review
- Bridging minds: Participant perspectives on postmortem brain research and engagement.Neuropathology : official journal of the Japanese Society of Neuropathology · 2025Article
- Operationalizing postmortem pathology-MRI association studies in Alzheimer's disease and related disorders with MRI-guided histology sampling.Acta neuropathologica communications · 2025Article
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- Current Status and Future Perspective of Seoul National University Hospital-Dementia Brain Bank with Concordance of Clinical and Neuropathological Diagnosis.Experimental neurobiology · 2024Article
- Gaps in biomedical research in frontotemporal dementia: A call for diversity and disparities focused research.Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association · 2024Review
- A most important gift: the critical role of postmortem brain tissue in autism science.Frontiers in neurology · 2024Article
- An Australian brain bank and the future of alcohol and major neuropsychiatric disorders research.Frontiers in neurologyReview
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Abstract
In recent years, brain banks have become valuable resources for examining the molecular underpinnings of various neurological and psychological disorders including Alzheimer disease and Parkinson disease. However, the availability of brain tissue has significantly declined. Proper collection, preparation, and preservation of postmortem autopsy tissue are essential for optimal downstream brain tissue distribution and experimentation. Collaborations between brain banks through larger networks such as NeuroBioBank with centralized sample request mechanisms promote tissue distribution where brain donations are disproportionately lower. Collaborations between brain banking networks also help to standardize the brain donation and sample preparation processes, ensuring proper distribution and experimentation. Ethical brain donation and thorough processing enhances the responsible conduct of scientific studies. Education and outreach programs that foster collaboration between hospitals, nursing homes, neuropathologists, and other research scientists help to alleviate concerns among potential brain donors. Furthermore, ensuring that biorepositories accurately reflect the true demographics of communities will result in research data that reliably represent populations. Implementing these measures will grant scientists improved access to brain tissue, facilitating a deeper understanding of the neurological diseases that impact millions.
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