BrainNet Europe

BrainNet Europe

http://www.brainnet-europe.org/

Repository website 

Note: BrainNet Europe comprises 18 member and 2 associate member Brain Banks. 

Members:

Queen Square Brain Bank


Department of Molecular Neuroscience


Institute of Neurology - University College London,


Queen Square,


London WC1N 3BG


United Kingdom

http://www.ucl.ac.uk/ion/departments/molecular/themes/neurodegeneration/brainbank

Hospices Civils de Lyon


Centre de Pathologie et Neuropathologie Est


Hospices Civils de Lyon


Groupement Hospitalier Est


57 Bd Pinel


69677 Bron Cedex


France

http://www.chu-lyon.fr/web/

Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta


Division of Neuropathology and Neurology 5


Via Celoria 11


20133 Milano


Italy

http://www.istituto-besta.it/

Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich


Zentrum für Neuropathologie und Prionforschung


Feodor-Lynen-Str. 23


D-81377 München


Germany

http://www.neuropathologie.med.uni-muenchen.de/index.html

Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris


CERVEN (Centre d'Etude, de Ressource et de Veille en Neuropathologie) de la Salpêtrière, Paris


Laboratoire de Neuropathologie Raymond Escourolle


Bd de l'Hôpital


75013 Paris


France

http://www.upmc.fr/en/index.html

Medical University of Vienna


Brain Bank Vienna

Institute of Neurology


AKH 4J, Waehringer Gürtel 18-20


A-1097 Wien


Austria

http://www.meduniwien.ac.at/kin/Englische%20Version/institut/Geschichte/eindexgeschichte.html

University of Würzburg


Institute for Clinical Neurobiology


Fuechsleinstr. 15


97080 Würzburg


Germany

http://www.neurobiologie.uk-wuerzburg.de/en/home.html

MRC London Brain Bank for Neurodegenerative Diseases

Department of Clinical Neuropathology

First Floor

Academic Neuroscience Centre

King's College Hospital

Bessemer Road

London SE5 9RS

United Kingdom

http://www.iop.kcl.ac.uk/departments/?locator=380

The UK Multiple Sclerosis Tissue Bank


Division of Neuroscience and Mental Health


Imperial College London


Hammersmith Campus


Du Cane Road


London W12 0NN

United Kingdom

http://www.ukmstissuebank.imperial.ac.uk/

University of Kuopio

Department of Neuroscience and Neurology

Harjulantie 1 / Canthia Building

70211  Kuopio

Finland

http://www.uef.fi/neuro

Netherlands Brain Bank    


Meibergdreef 47


1105 BA Amsterdam


The Netherlands

http://www.brainbank.nl/

National and Kapodistrian University of Athens


Department of Pathology / School of Medicine


Mikras Asias 75


11527 Athens


Greece

http://en.uoa.gr/

Hospital de Bellvitge/Universitat de Barcelona


Institut de Neuropatologia, Seervei Anatomia Patologica


IDIBELL-Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge


08907 Hospitalet de LLobregat, Barcelona


Spain

http://www.INPbellvitge.org/

Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna


Dipartimento di Scienze Neurologiche


Via Ugo Foscolo 7


40123 Bologna


Italy

http://www.neuro.unibo.it/

Human Brain Tissue Bank, Budapest

Tüzolto u. 58

1094 Budapest

Hungary

http://humanbraintissuebank-budapest.sote.hu/

The University of Edinburgh

Neuropathology Unit

Division of Pathology

Western General Hospital

Crewe Road

Edinburgh EH4 2XU

United Kingdom

http://www.path.ed.ac.uk/groups/neuropathology.asp

Georg August University Göttingen


Department of Neuropathology


Robert-Koch-Str. 40


37075 Göttingen


Germany

http://www.psychiatrie-uni-goettingen.de/

The Brain Bank at Karolinska Institute


Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society (NVS)


Karolinska Institutet


141 86 Stockholm

Sweden

http://ki.se/NVS

Associate Members:

Aarhus Brain Collection

Aarhus University Hospital

Centre for Psychiatric Research

Aarhus University Hospital, Risskov

Skovagervej 2

DK-8240 Risskov

Denmark

http://www.braincollection.dk/

Neurological Tissue Bank

BTN-UB/HCBanc de Teixits Neurològics

Universitat de Barcelona SCT – Hospital Clínic

Facultat de Medicina

C/ Casanova, 143, Ala sud, Planta 0

08036 Barcelona

Spain

Primary contact

Prof. Dr. Hans A. Kretzschmar

(Project Coordinator) 

Tel 49-89-2180-78001 

Fax 49-89-2180-78037 

Sample types available

Human central nervous system tissue samples.

Sample-processing information

Processes vary by tissue type and disease type. For more information, please see

http://www.brainnet-europe.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=99&Itemid=99.

Data available for each sample

Not specified.

Quantity of available samples

Not specified.

Who can request samples

Not specified.

Cost

The costs incurred for transport/shipping and (in some brain banks) for processing of tissue are the responsibility of the tissue request applicant(s).

How to request samples

Fill out a tissue request form available at http://www.brainnet-europe.org/images/content/en/media/tissue_request_form_sept11.doc.

Requirements associated with sample use

BNE requires a declaration of intent regarding the responsible use of tissue supplied to users. As such, the tissue request form should be completed and signed as detailed below prior to the provision of tissue.

The requester shall declare that the tissue supplied will be used solely for the purposes of the project defined in the Tissue Request Form and only by named collaborators (or research assistants) working under the direction of named individuals.

At all times, the local Brain Bank (supplying the tissue) remains the custodian of the tissue, and if tissue remains further to its use in named experiments, it is the responsibility of the researcher in question to return the remaining tissue to the local Brain Bank for respectful disposal.

The scientific results will be exploited with full consent of BNE. In particular, the local Brain Bank (supplying the tissue) and BNE must be acknowledged in any publication, including abstracts, related to the use of the specimens obtained. Specific citation will be included in both the Materials and Methods section and the Acknowledgements section of the manuscript. In some cases, such as large requests for tissue and highly selected rare material, co-authorship of the Brain Bank(s) member(s) will be considered appropriate. The BNE office must receive a reprint of any publication in which material supplied by BNE was used, as well as yearly reports of the research project.

The requester is aware of the potential safety risks in handling human brain tissue and that BNE cannot guarantee that any of the brain specimens, even those considered normal, were not exposed to or infected with potentially transmissible agents. He/she accepts full responsibility to ensure that proper and approved safety precautions are followed when working with human brain tissue received from the Brain Banks of BNE.

Ongoing sample collection?

Yes.

Sample Publications