How important are brain banks for alcohol research?
This article contains the proceedings of a symposium at the 2002 RSA/ISBRA Meeting in San Francisco, organized and chaired by Clive Harper and co-chaired by Izuru Matsumoto. The presentations were (1) Introduction, by Clive Harper; (2) The quality of tissue-a critical issue, by Therese Garrick; (3) The first systematic brain tissue donor program in Japan, by Izuru Matsumoto; (4) Brain scans after death-really! by Adolf Pfefferbaum, Elfar Adalsteinsson, and Edith Sullivan; (5) Capture that (genial) expression, by Joanne Lewohl and Peter Dodd; and (6) Neurochemical/pharmacological studies: experimental design and limitations, by Roger Butterworth.
Harper
Clive
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University of Sydney and Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, New South Wales, Australia. cliveh@med.usyd.edu.au
Garrick
Therese
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Matsumoto
Izuru
I
Pfefferbaum
Adolf
A
Adalsteinsson
Elfar
E
Sullivan
Edith
E
Dodd
Peter
P
Lewohl
Joanne
J
Butterworth
Roger
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D020268:Alcohol-Induced Disorders, Nervous System / Q000235:genetics / Q000473:pathology*; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000235:genetics / Q000473:pathology*; D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology*; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging; D006801:Humans; D012106:Research; D014015:Tissue Banks; D014019:Tissue Donors