Brain Canada featured the Douglas Brain Bank in a recent article highlighting the impact of their research investments.
The Douglas-Bell Canada Brain Bank, which has received longstanding platform support from Brain Canada and other partners, is one of the largest banks of brain tissue in the world, and has achieved significant research impact.
We’re providing brain tissue to a lot of researchers using single cell genomics technology to address many questions that weren’t possible to answer before, about the diversity of cells in the brain, how the brain is organized, how it functions, how the brain cells are connected with each other, and more.
– Dr Gustavo Turecki
The 3,600 brains housed at the Brain Bank include donors who have experienced neurodegenerative diseases such as Parkinson’s disease, Alzheimer’s disease, and other dementias, as well as diverse mental disorders, including schizophrenia, major depression, bipolar disorder, and substance use disorders.