Douglas-Bell Canada Brain Bank (DBCBB)
The DBCBB, based at the Douglas Mental Health University Institute in Canada, was founded in 1980 and has almost 3,500 human brain specimens, as well as a large relational database containing demographic, clinical, and developmental histories from the donors. The DBCBB collects brains from people who suffered from different neurodegenerative diseases such as Parkinson's Disease, Alzheimer's Disease, and other dementias, as well as diverse mental health disorders, including schizophrenia, major depression, bipolar disorder, substance use disorders, obtained from individuals who may or may not have died by suicide.
Study design
Biobank, Cohort, Cohort - clinical
Number of participants at first data collection
~3500 (participants)
Recruitment is ongoing
Age at first data collection
Varied (participants)
Participant year of birth
Varied (participants)
Participant sex
All
Representative sample at baseline?
No
Sample features
Country
Year of first data collection
1980
Primary Institutions
Douglas Mental Health University Institute (Institut universitaire en santé mentale Douglas) (Healthcare/Medical, Canada)
McGill University (Academic, Canada)
Profile paper DOI
Funders
Bell Canada (Industry, Canada)
Brain Canada Foundation (Fondation Brain Canada) (Third Sector, Canada)
Douglas Foundation (Fondation Douglas) (Third Sector, Canada)
Douglas Mental Health University Institute (Institut universitaire en santé mentale Douglas) (Research, Canada)
Fonds de recherche du Québec – Santé (FRQS) (Third Sector, Canada)
Ongoing?
No
Data types collected
- Physical or biological assessment (e.g. blood, saliva, gait, grip strength, anthropometry)
- Secondary data
- None
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
- Census data
- Healthcare data
Engagement
Keywords
Consortia and dataset groups
