Recent reviews have demonstrated the value of modern brain banking for studies of the effects of long-term alcohol disorders, schizophrenia, bipolar disorders, and neurodegenerative diseases (Beach, 2013; Farris, Pietrzykowski, et al., 2015; Lewohl et al., 2004; MacDonald et al., 2012; Schmitt et al., 2008; Sutherland, Sheedy, & Kril, 2014). In terms of NSWBTRC, the support of the NIH's National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism and associated alcohol research society members has strengthened the importance of this resource (Reilly, Noronha, & Warren, 2014).
