How to Run a Brain Bank

This book is a re-compilation of the activities and experience of different researchers working in Brain Banking; that is the collection, adequate preservation and distribution of human specimen nervous tissue for research in the field of neuroscience.
Some of the results obtained using this material are described. The most important aspect of the book is to inform the reader about what a Brain Bank is and the possibilities it offers. Different aspects concerning the historical antecedents, the organization and management including technical considerations related to dissection, cryopreservation and preparation of nervous tissue for different goals are thoroughly discussed.
The book points out the importance of the Brain Bank in the future of research acting as a bridge between clinicians, neuropathologists, neuroscientists and the basic scientist.
Finally, the editors emphasize the need for a consensus to standarize clinical protocols, technical tissue management and multidisciplinary research lines directed to the study of several neurological and psychiatric disorders.