Containing 9479 brains, The Brain Collection at the Psychiatric Hospital in Aarhus is among the largest in the world. The large number of brains from people diagnosed with dementia, schizophrenia, mania, and major depression is unequalled and enables researchers to carry out studies of large samples.The collection contains brains from people who never receieved any modern medical treatment. Studying these brains, researchers are able to investigate the effet of modern treatment. The brains were collected from psychiatric patients regardless of diagnosis. Due to its impressive size, the collection undoubtedly contains brains from many patients diagnosed with rare disorders. Brains from this group of patients would otherwise have been difficult or impossible to obtain.

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