Texas Brain Bank Highlights Hispanic Representation In Mental Research

There are more than 80 brain banks housing tens of thousands of brains across the U.S. One near the border is 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.

Each freezer at the Southwest Brain Bank has about 10 to 12 brains — wholes and halves. 

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.