Brain Bank Vienna
Sponsoring organization
Clinical Institute of Neurology
http://www.meduniwien.ac.at/kin/Englische%20Version/institut/Geschichte/eindexgeschichte.html
Note: Brain Bank Vienna is a member of BrainNet Europe.
Repository website
http://www.meduniwien.ac.at/kin/Englische%20Version/institut/Geschichte/eindexgeschichte.html
Primary contact
J. A. Hainfellner, M.D.
Institute of Neurology
Vienna General Hospital
PO Box 48
Level 4J
Währinger Gürtel 18-20
A-1097 Wien
Austria
Tel 43-1-40400 ext. 5500
Sample types available
Fixed and paraffin-embedded tissue
Nerve and muscle biopsies and autopsies
Fresh tissue, frozen and stored at –80°C
Blood
Cerebrospinal fluid
Sample-processing information
Not specified.
Data available for each sample
Not specified.
Quantity of available samples
16,000 brain autopsies
30,000 neurosurgical
7,500 nerve/muscle biopsies
Who can request samples
Not specified.
Cost
Not specified.
How to request samples
Not specified.
Requirements associated with sample use
Not specified.
Ongoing sample collection?
Yes.
Sample publications
Current concepts of neuropathological diagnostics in practice: neurodegenerative diseases.
Kovacs GG, Budka H.
Clin Neuropathol. 2010 Sep-Oct;29(5):271-88. PMID: 20860890
Fulminant central nervous system demyelination associated with interferon-alpha therapy and hepatitis C virus infection.
Höftberger R, Garzuly F, Dienes HP, Grubits J, Rohonyi B, Fischer G, Hanzely Z, Lassmann H, Budka H.
Mult Scler. 2007 Nov;13(9):1100-6. PMID: 17967838