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3. ACTIVIDAD CIENTÍFICA DE LA UIPA 3. SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITY

• Performing neurohistological and
immunohistochemical techniques in
neurological samples of human and
experimental origin.
• Incorporation in the biobank of samples
collections (usually, biological fluids, blood and
CSF) from clinical research projects.

• Organization of informative lectures and visits to
the biobank for the dissemination and
promotion of brain tissue donation among
patients and relatives, health professionals and
the general population.

CIEN Foundation Tissue Bank (BT-CIEN)

Since its opening in May 2010, the CIEN Foundation
Tissue Bank (BT-CIEN) has traveled a path of growth
and consolidation in the field of Spanish Neuros-
cience, supporting national and international rese-
arch groups and maintaining close contact with
neurological disease patients and relatives associa-
tions.

The number of registered donors in the BT-CIEN re-
gistry has continued to grow every year, as has the
tissue donations made at our Center within our In-
ternal Donation Program, which involves residents of
the Queen Sofia Foundation Alzheimer Center
(CAFRS), and the External Donation Program, that in-
volves donors from the Region of Madrid and other
Regions.

There is also an increasing number of research
groups applying for biological samples from BT-CIEN,
especially groups from the Center for Networked Re-
search in Neurodegenerative Diseases (CIBERNED).
One of the missions of BT-CIEN is to promote the cre-
ation of new neurological samples biobanks whe-
never donors and researchers demand them. The
Region of Murcia Brain Bank (BCRM), the Neurologi-
cal Tissue Bank from the Institute of Neuroscience of

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