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Provision of services
The range of activities undertaken by the department derives from the ability of its members to collect, process, evaluate and diagnose brain tissue sample from human or animal origin. All the services listed below provided by the BT-CIEN are accessible to donors and researchers through the website.
• Performing neuropathological autopsies in brain tissue donors, both in the Re- gion of Madrid and neighboring Regions, as well as in other Regions that do not have a brain bank.
• Management of a biobank of neurological samples. Transfer of samples to re- searchers according to the BT-CIEN standard operating protocols together with biobank external committees.
• Prospective collection of special biological samples for research projects, at the request of the researchers, once approved in compliance with BT-CIEN pro- tocols (and by the scientific and ethical external committees).
• Diagnostic consultations of neuropathological cases. Among the external con- sultations, those carried out as support of other biobanks of neurological sam- ples with which BT-CIEN maintains a regular collaboration (Murcia, Salamanca, Leon and Cordoba) stand out. Consultations are also received from different public hospitals and from the Anatomical Forensic Institute of Madrid
• Performing neurohistological and immunohistochemical techniques in neurolog- ical 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 dissem- ination and promotion of brain tissue donation among patients and relatives, health professionals and the general population.
• Participation in formal training programs for Pathological Anatomy Technicians, Laboratory Technicians, and Pathological Anatomy and Neurology resident phy- sician interns.
3. Scientific activity
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