| Title | Analysis of Brain Donors' Demographic and Medical Characteristics to Facilitate the Construction of a Human Brain Bank in China. |
| Publication Type | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication | 2018 |
| Authors | Zhang, H, Chen, K, Wang, N, Zhang, D, Yang, Q, Zhang, Q, Liu, P, Wan, M, Gong, C, Hong, X, Qiu, W, Qian, X, Chen, Y, Ma, C |
| Journal | J Alzheimers Dis |
| Volume | 66 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pagination | 1245-1254 |
| Date Published | 2018 |
| ISSN | 1875-8908 |
| Abstract | The Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College (CAMS/PUMC) Human Brain Bank was established in December 2012 and had accomplished 197 brain donations by November 2017. The brain bank was based on a large-scale willed body donation program in CAMS/PUMC starting from 1999. Demographic and medical characteristic analysis of brain donors was conducted to facilitate the construction of the brain bank. The average postmortem delay of brain donors was 17.7 h and 77.7% of these donors died less than 15 km away from the brain bank. Donors were predominantly with higher-level education (p |
| DOI | 10.3233/JAD-180779 |
| Alternate Journal | J. Alzheimers Dis. |
| PubMed ID | 30412500 |
