Brain Donation

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To the Editor: Advances, particularly in molecular biology, have provided valuable new insights into the pathogenesis of human neuropsychiatric diseases.1 2 3 4 Numerous sophisticated techniques, such as the identification of mRNA, were initially carried out on tissues obtained from laboratory animals. Recently, human post-mortem tissues have also been found to be useful in such studies. This is particularly relevant in the case of many diseases of the human central nervous system that have no suitable animal model, such as Alzheimer's disease, Huntington's chorea, and schizophrenia.In response to the need for brain tissues for scientific investigation, the U.S. Public Health Service has . . .