Attitude and concerns of healthy individuals regarding post-mortem brain donation. A qualitative study on a nation-wide sample in Italy.

"Declarations Ethics approval and consent to participateThe ISS Ethics Board approved the study on the 6th of June 2018 (Prot. N. PRE.BIO.CE.20580). Participation to the FGs was subject to informed consent procedures designed according to the ethics requirements for research with human beings, addressed by the Helsinki declaration. Consent for publicationNot applicable. Competing of interestsThe Authors have no conflict of interest to declare. Competing of interests The Authors have no conflict of interest to declare."

"Funding This work was supported by the peer-reviewed project “Role of LSD1 in Ageing-Dependent Epigenetic Drift Leading to FRAILTY-Associated Mood Disorders (RADAR)” of the University of Milan (Head of Research, Prof. Elena Battaglioli) funded by Fondazione CARIPLO; the fund allocation was done by the Project Unit IRCCS Ca’ Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan. [FASC. X37 –ISS]"