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Banking the brain
Author(s) -
Amarasinghe Myanthi,
Tan Hannah,
Larkin Samantha,
Ruggeri Barbara,
Lobo Sarah,
Brittain Philip,
Broadbent Matthew,
Baggaley Martin,
Schumann Gunter
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
embo reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.584
H-Index - 184
eISSN - 1469-3178
pISSN - 1469-221X
DOI - 10.1038/embor.2013.46
Subject(s) - biobank , identification (biology) , medical diagnosis , disease , brain disease , psychology , medicine , biology , bioinformatics , pathology , ecology
Mental health diagnoses are largely based on clinical observation and symptom reports, rather than biological evidence. A biobank that collects biological samples should allow the identification of disease mechanisms and more effective treatments.
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