South West Dementia Brain Bank
Research type
Research Tissue Bank
Full title
Full Title N/A
IRAS ID
124518
Contact name
Seth Love
Contact email
Research summary
South West Dementia Brain Bank
REC name
South West - Central Bristol Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
08/H0106/28+5
Date of REC Opinion
7 Jun 2013
REC opinion
Favourable Opinion
Data collection arrangements
Brain donations (including a small part of spinal cord and cerebrospinal fluid) are accepted by the South West Dementia Brain Bank for storage and subsequent use in dementia research. Witnessed informed consent is needed from the donor or, if he or she is not competent to give consent, from a close family member (in a so-called qualifying relationship).
Research programme
The tissue donated to South West Dementia Brain Bank underpins most of the work undertaken by the Dementia Research Group, which is a part of the University of Bristol. Tissue from the Brain Bank is also provided to many other research groups - in Bristol, elsewhere in the UK, and some research groups in other countries - to support a wide range of studies on the causes, disease mechanisms, diagnosis and potential for treatment of dementia.
RTBTitle
South West Dementia Brain Bank
Establishment organisation address
Senate House, University of Bristol
Tyndall Avenue
Clifton
BS8 1TH