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UK Brain Banks Network

Population Size

18,000

People

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Years

2013

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Associated BioSamples

Tissue

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Geographic coverage

United Kingdom

England

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Lead time

Other

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Summary

Collection of samples and data across the following diseases: Alzheimer's disease (disorder), Asthma (disorder), Atrial fibrillation and flutter (disorder), Cerebrovascular disease (disorder) See full list in description.

Documentation

The UK Brain Bank Network is an initiative, led by the "Brains for Dementia Research" cohort study, to establish a coordinated national network of UK brain tissue resources (banks) for researchers to use.

The banks store post-mortem brain and central nervous system (CNS) tissue donated by the public for diagnosis and research into disorders. Advances in understanding genetics and many of the molecules that define brain function mean that more and more research questions can be answered from human brain tissue.

Collection of samples and data across the following diseases: Alzheimer's disease (disorder), Asthma (disorder), Atrial fibrillation and flutter (disorder), Cerebrovascular disease (disorder),Complete trisomy 21 syndrome (disorder), Congenital anomaly of brain (disorder), Degenerative brain disorder (disorder), Dementia (disorder), Depressive disorder (disorder), Diabetes mellitus type 1, Diabetes mellitus type 2, Epilepsy (disorder), Fit and well, Huntington's chorea (disorder), Ischemic heart disease (disorder), Jakob-Creutzfeldt disease (disorder), Malignant neoplasm of brain, Malignant tumour of prostate (disorder), Malignant tumour of urinary bladder (disorder), Malignant tumour of breast, Malignant tumour of colon, Malignant tumour of lung, Malignant tumour of oesophagus, Malignant tumour of ovary, Motor neuron disease (disorder), Multiple sclerosis (disorder), Multiple system atrophy (disorder), Parkinson's disease (disorder), Progressive supranuclear ophthalmoplegia (disorder), Psychotic disorder (disorder), Spinal muscular atrophy (disorder), Vascular dementia (disorder).

Dataset type

Health and disease

Dataset sub-type

Not applicable

Dataset population size

18000

Keywords

Observations

Observed Node

Disambiguating Description

Measured Value

Measured Property

Observation Date

Persons

18000

Count

15 Jun 2023

Provenance

Image contrast

Not stated

Biological sample availability

Tissue

Details

Publishing frequency

Other

Version

5.0.0

Modified

08/10/2024

Citation Requirements

In Progress

Coverage

Start date

01/01/2013

Time lag

Variable

Geographic coverage

United Kingdom, England

Maximum age range

150

Accessibility

Language

en

Controlled vocabulary

LOCAL

Format

In Progress

Data Access Request

Dataset pipeline status

Not available

Access rights

In progress

Time to dataset access

Other

Access request cost

Not specified

Access method category

Varies based on project

Jurisdiction

GB-ENG

Data Controller

University of Bristol

Dataset Types: Health and disease


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