Acta Anatomica Sinica

Acta Anatomica Sinica ›› 2017, Vol. 48 ›› Issue (3): 334-341.doi: 10.16098/j.issn.0529-1356.2017.03.015

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Standardized operational protocol for human brain banking in China

QIU Wen-ying1 MA Chao 1* BAO Ai-min2 ZHU Ke-qing2 HUANG Yue3 YAN Xiao-xin4 ZHANG Jing5 ZHONG Chun-jiu6 ZHOU Jiang-ning7 SHEN Yong7 ZHENG Xiao-ying8 ZHANG Li-wei9 SHU You-sheng10 TANG Bei-sha11 ZHANG Zhen-xin12 DUAN Shu-min2   

  1. 1.Department of Human Anatomy, Histology and Embryology, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Neuroscience Center, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Peking Union Medical Collage, Beijing 10005,China; 2. Department of Neurobiology, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou 310058, China; 3. School of Medical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, UNSW 2033, Australia; 4. Department of Human Anatomy and Neurobiology, XiangYa School of Medicine, Central South University, Changsha 410014, China;5.Department of Pathology, Peking University Health Science Centre, Beijing 100191, China; 6.Department of Neurology, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China; 7.School of Life Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230071, China; 8.Institute of Population Research/WHO Collaborating Center of Reproductive Health and Population Science, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China; 9. Beijing Tian Tan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100050, China;10.Institute of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China;11. Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha 410008, China; 12.Department of Neurology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Beijing 100730, China
  • Received:2016-12-09 Revised:2016-12-28 Online:2017-06-06 Published:2017-09-19
  • Contact: MA Chao E-mail:machao@ibms.cams.cn
  • Supported by:
    National natural science foundation of China;CAMS Innovation Fund for Medical Sciences

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Abstract:

A human brain bank is an essential facility to support the study of neuroscience and neurological disorders. The roles of the human brain bank in advancing basic and clinical neurosciences have been well established in the developed countries. Human brain bank in China is still under developing and needs to be further promoted. The China Human Brain Bank Consortium has been recently initiated and established by 10 Chinese medical institutes. The Consortium aims to combine the strengths in the neuroscience research fields and to promote collaboration through information sharing and joint research projects across the country. This standardized operational protocol (SOP) is recommended by the academic committee of the Consortium and is adopted from the existing SOPs used by those established human brain banks in other countries and taken into consideration of the status quo in China. We hope that the publication of this SOP will facilitate the construction of more internationalstandard human brain banks via the developing of consistent brain tissue processing standards, and eventually provide strategic guidelines for a nationwide brain tissue resource-sharing system in China.

Key words: Human brain bank, Neuroscience, China