Neurological and Psychiatric Biobank of the Hungarian Neurogenetic Society (NEPSYBANK)
Sponsoring organization
Hungarian Clinical Neurogenetic Society, European Biobank
https://regiszter.nekifut.hu/en/ki/695
NOTE: NEPSYBANK coordinates the biobanking activities of the neurological and psychiatry departments of the four medical universities in Hungary.
Repository website
https://regiszter.nekifut.hu/en/ki/695
Primary contact
Dr. Mária Judit Molnár
National Institute of Psychiatry and Neurology
Budapest, Hungary
Sample types available
DNA
RNA
Serum
Muscle
Nerve biopsies
Sample-processing information
Please refer to the NEPSYBANK Manual.
Data available for each sample
Partly available.
Quantity of available samples
90 MS patients
170 myasthenia gravis patients
20 myositis patients
80 muscular dystrophy patients
95 Parkinson disease patients
130 mitochondrial disease patients
90 Huntington disease patients
240 hereditary motor and sensory neuropathies patients
90 migraine patients
40 amyotrophic lateral sclerosis patients
392 stroke patients
60 herediter ataxia patients
180 control patients
Who can request samples
Academic researchers.
Cost
Based on agreement.
How to request samples
Send a letter and a short description of the research plan.
Requirements associated with sample use
Not specified.
Ongoing sample collection?
Yes.
Sample Publications
Establishing a neurological-psychiatric biobank: banking, informatics, ethics.
Molnar MJ, Bencsik P.
Cell Immunol. 2006 Dec;244(2):101-4. Epub 2007 Apr 19. PMID: 17448454
SCHIZOBANK - The Hungarian national schizophrenia biobank and its role in schizophrenia research and in personalized medicine.
[Article in Hungarian]
Inczédy-Farkas G, Benkovits J, Balogh N, Almos P, Scholtz B, Zahuczky G, Török Z, Nagy K, Réthelyi J, Makkos Z, Kassai-Farkas A, Egerházy A, Tuzko J, Janka Z, Bitter I, Németh G, Nagy L, Molnár MJ.
Orv Hetil. 2010 Aug 29;151(35):1403-8. PMID: 20719713