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On this page the NBB occasionally reports about news, and publications that have resulted from research using tissue supplied by the NBB. Please note that not all publications using NBB tissue are listed here. A full publication list can be found here, or in our progress reports. Would you like your publication to be featured here? Please email eNBB@nin.knaw.nl.
AI language model provides new insights into the development of brain diseases
14 march 2024A new AI language model identifies clinical symptoms in medical summaries and links them to brain tissue from donors of the Netherlands Brain Bank....
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Newsletter NBB-Psy
22 august 2022We are pleased to inform you about the results of the Netherlands Brain Bank for Psychiatry (NBB-Psy), a brain donor and autopsy program launched w...
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Chinese Brain Bank recognized by the Chinese Government
20 june 2019The Zhejiang University School of Medicine Brain Bank in Hangzhou, developed according to the model of the Netherlands Brain Bank, has been recognized as 'The National Human Brain Bank for Health and Disease...
Read moreNBB director Inge Huitinga appointed professor at the University of Amsterdam
1 april 2019Per April 1st, Inge Huitinga has been appointed professor of "Neuroimmunology, in particular the pathology of Multiple Sclerosis" at the Swammerdam...
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1000 users of our electronic database: e-NBB
31 january 2019This week the electronic database of the Netherlands Brain Bank, e-NBB.org, welcomed its 1000th user.
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Handbook of Clinical Neurology Volume 150: Brain Banking
19 october 2018Edited by Ingeborg Huitinga. Director of the Netherlands Brain Bank, Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience (NIN), Amsterdam, The Netherlands and M...
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Neuropathology and cognitive performance in self-reported cognitively healthy centenarians
7 august 2018The centenarians in the 100-Plus cohort escaped or delayed cognitive impairment until extreme ages, their brains reveal varying levels of age- and disease-associated neuropathological hallmarks, some of whic...
Read moreMS lesions are still very active in late stages of the disease
8 march 2018Lesions in the brains of people with multiple sclerosis (MS) are much more active during the late stages of the disease than was previously thought.
Read moreShipment on dry ice causes a temporary shift in pH
9 december 2014To neutralize the effects of CO2 on pH, tissue recipients may need to allow frozen samples to 'normalize' after shipment.
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NBB signs MoU with Korea Brain Research Institute
6 november 2014During the royal state visit, NBB director Dr. Huitinga has signed a Memorandum of Understanding to declare the intention of collaboration.
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New website for Netherlands Brain Bank
6 may 2013In May 2013, the Netherlands Brain Bank has launched its new logo and websites.
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