%0 Journal Article
%T Is brain banking of psychiatric cases valuable for neurobiological research?
%A Schmitt
%A Andrea
%A Parlapani
%A Eleni
%A Bauer
%A Manfred
%A Heinsen
%A Helmut
%A Falkai
%A Peter
%J Clinics
%D 2008
%I Faculdade de Medicina / USP
%R 10.1590/S1807-59322008000200015
%X it is widely accepted that neurobiological abnormalities underlie the symptoms of psychiatric disorders such as schizophrenia and unipolar or bipolar affective disorders. new molecular methods, computer-assisted quantification techniques and neurobiological investigation methods that can be applied to the human brain are all used in post-mortem investigations of psychiatric disorders. the following article describes modern quantitative methods and recent post-mortem findings in schizophrenia and affective disorders. using our brain bank as an example, necessary considerations of modern brain banking are addressed such as ethical considerations, clinical work-up, preparation techniques and the organization of a brain bank, the value of modern brain banking for investigations of psychiatric disorders is summarized.
%K brain banking
%K post mortem
%K schizophrenia
%K bipolar disorder
%K neurobiology.
%U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S1807-59322008000200015&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en