Sentences with phrase «brain bank researchers»
Brain bank researchers previously reported that the earliest known evidence of CTE was found in a high school athlete who played football and other sports who died at age 18.
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The researchers, led by Boston University (BU) neuropathologist Ann McKee, used brains from a bank maintained by the VA Boston Healthcare System, BU, and the Concussion Legacy Foundation.
The researchers analyzed eight Alzheimer's and six healthy brain samples from a brain bank, where people donate their brains after death for medical research.
One of the most prized specimens is a sample of the entorhinal cortex, regarded as the X on the brain's treasure map by Alzheimer's researchers because the disease is thought to originate there; the nonprofit brain bank charges up to $ 1,000 for half a gram.
Although Khaitovich thinks that the Neandertal genes affect the composition of fat throughout the body, the researchers focused on brain tissue first because it contains so many fatty acids — and was available from a brain tissue bank.