ISSN:
1435-1463
Keywords:
Brain banking
;
post mortem research
;
schizophrenia
;
affective disorders
;
European consensus
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Medicine
Notes:
Summary The sophisticated analysis of and growing information on the human brain requires that acquisition, dissection, storage and distribution of rare material are managed in a professional way. In this publication we present the consensus of the European work group 〉European Dementia and Schizophrenia Network〈, granted by the BIOMED I project of the EU, on minimal neuropathological and clinical requirements to include brains of patients with schizophrenia and affective disorders in post mortem studies. The description of clinical prerequisites in different EU countries and institutions is followed by a consensus on tissue handling, a consensus on minimal neuropathological criteria and a consensus on minimal clinical diagnostic criteria including clinical vignette, family, social, educational/professional and general medical histories, general physical history including neurostatus, neurological, psychiatric, medication and general pathological histories, psychostatus, laboratory tests and a history provided by family/health care giver questionaire. This publication should give help to interconnect different European brain bank centers on a basis of standarized protocols.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF01281160
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