© BrainNet Europe II BrainNet Europe is a "Network of
Excellence" funded by the European Commission in the 6th
Framework Program "Life Science" (LSHM-CT-2004-503039). It
consists of 19 established brain banks across Europe and is
coordinated by the Centre for Neuropathology and Prion Research
Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Germany. |Patients and
Donors| Medical research has accomplished much in the last
decades. Illnesses which used to mean a suffering existence not
seldomly ending in death, can be treated successfully today.
Nevertheless research into illnesses of the central nervous
system has become a real challenge to science. The central
nervous system consists of the brain and the spinal fluid. These
control our entire body via nerve strands. The illnesses of the
central nervous system are multiple and varied. Besides the well
known diseases such as Alzheimer and Parkinson's disease there
are also other more seldom illnesses such as Amyotrophic Lateral
sclerosis. All of the diseases have one thin