The systematic Brain Bank on mental diseases specializes in schizophrenia and is the first of its kind in Japan.
Mental diseases such as schizophrenia are diseases of mind as well as diseases of brain. Neither the causes nor clinical conditions of these diseases are fully understood. Postmortem brain research is essential to further understand them. With this in mind, we seek donations of postmortem brains. The Brain Bank values the registration by persons while they are still living and respects their decision to donate their brains or not.