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Brain Bank: collects brain and tissue samples from across the United States and distributes them to investigators all over the world. A brain donation is a gift of knowledge to all of us, and it is of critical importance for our understanding of brain disorders.
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FEB 02, 2017Neuroscience
Recognizing the faces of those we know and believing them to be who we think they are is how the brain is supposed to wo ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJAN 30, 2017Neuroscience
According to the National Institute on Aging, Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is an irreversible, progressive, neurodegen ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimDEC 20, 2016Neuroscience
At the recent Society for Neuroscience meeting in San Diego, CA many new research projects were presented, data was disc ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimOCT 12, 2016Neuroscience
Brain banks might sound creepy, conjuring up visions of brains floating in jars and other odd equipment lying around, bu ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimSEP 21, 2016Neuroscience
A diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a big deal, for the patient and also for family members who now have to ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimSEP 01, 2016Neuroscience
Organ donation is one of the best ways to save a life. Every day thousands of patients on waiting lists for hearts, kidn ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUN 01, 2016Videos
In recent years parents have started banking the blood from the umbilical cords of their children. Cord blood contains s ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 10, 2016Neuroscience
World Cup soccer star Brandi Chastain is probably best known for whipping off her shirt in celebration of the US Women&r ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimNOV 19, 2015Clinical & Molecular DX
Could a shorter brain fold be diagnostic of hallucinations associated with schizophrenia? After analyzing the MRI scans ...OCT 07, 2015Neuroscience
The NFL is known for a lot of things. Big players tackling each other, cheerleaders, the Super Bowl, and sadly, for inju ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAUG 30, 2015Neuroscience
Johns Hopkins researchers think that a common gene mutation triggers the brain damage associated with both amyotrophic l ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAUG 21, 2015Cancer
The University of Queensland (UQ) researchers have been “checking what’s in the bank – the Brisbane Br ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAR 26, 2015Neuroscience
By examining more than 3,600 postmortem brains, researchers at Mayo Clinic's campuses in Jacksonville, Florida, and Roch ...Written By: Ilene Schneider
FEB 02, 2017
Neuroscience
Recognizing the faces of those we know and believing them to be who we think they are is how the brain is supposed to wo
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JAN 30, 2017
Neuroscience
According to the National Institute on Aging, Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is an irreversible, progressive, neurodegen
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
DEC 20, 2016
Neuroscience
At the recent Society for Neuroscience meeting in San Diego, CA many new research projects were presented, data was disc
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
OCT 12, 2016
Neuroscience
Brain banks might sound creepy, conjuring up visions of brains floating in jars and other odd equipment lying around, bu
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
SEP 21, 2016
Neuroscience
A diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a big deal, for the patient and also for family members who now have to
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
SEP 01, 2016
Neuroscience
Organ donation is one of the best ways to save a life. Every day thousands of patients on waiting lists for hearts, kidn
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUN 01, 2016
Videos
In recent years parents have started banking the blood from the umbilical cords of their children. Cord blood contains s
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 10, 2016
Neuroscience
World Cup soccer star Brandi Chastain is probably best known for whipping off her shirt in celebration of the US Women&r
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
NOV 19, 2015
Clinical & Molecular DX
Could a shorter brain fold be diagnostic of hallucinations associated with schizophrenia? After analyzing the MRI scans
...
OCT 07, 2015
Neuroscience
The NFL is known for a lot of things. Big players tackling each other, cheerleaders, the Super Bowl, and sadly, for inju
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
AUG 30, 2015
Neuroscience
Johns Hopkins researchers think that a common gene mutation triggers the brain damage associated with both amyotrophic l
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
AUG 21, 2015
Cancer
The University of Queensland (UQ) researchers have been “checking what’s in the bank – the Brisbane Br
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAR 26, 2015
Neuroscience
By examining more than 3,600 postmortem brains, researchers at Mayo Clinic's campuses in Jacksonville, Florida, and Roch
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider