---
title: "New South Wales Brain Tissue Resource Centre"
id: "8146"
type: "cohort"
slug: "new-south-wales-brain-tissue-resource-centre"
published_at: "2025-04-24T20:19:33+00:00"
modified_at: "2025-05-20T15:42:13+00:00"
url: "https://dss.niagads.org/cohorts/new-south-wales-brain-tissue-resource-centre/"
markdown_url: "https://dss.niagads.org/cohorts/new-south-wales-brain-tissue-resource-centre.md"
excerpt: "The New South Wales Brain Tissue Resource Centre (NSWBTRC) at the University of Sydney collects and characterizes human brain and spinal cord tissue with a focus on alcohol disorders, mental health disorders and healthy control donors."
taxonomy_cohort_countries:
  - "Australia"
---

## Description

The New South Wales Brain Tissue Resource Centre (NSWBTRC) at the University of Sydney collects and characterizes human brain and spinal cord tissue with a focus on alcohol disorders, mental health disorders and healthy control donors.

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