There are more than 80 brain banks housing tens of thousands of brains across the U.S., with one near the border studying Hispanic brain health.
Inside a hallway of humming freezers in El Paso, Texas are 350 brains, full of potential answers about what happens in the brain of someone with a mental illness like PTSD or depression.Dr. Bharathi Gadad co-runs the bank and lab, which is focused on biological psychiatry, meaning they're looking to answer what role the physical nervous system has in the way someone with a mental illness behaves.
"This area is fully flooded with Hispanic community, so we as the Southwest Brain Bank, I would say 70 to 80% of our brains are Hispanic," Dr. Gadad said. "If we're talking about the average Hispanic, which is an immigrant, I would assume they're trying to make ends meet," Ruiz-Velasco said."They're working the 12 hour shifts just to feed their families, so when do they have time to seek help?"
"I think she would be happy that someone is trying to make a difference in the life of people that didn't happen when she was alive," Dr. Vargas-Medrano said.
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