Neurological Diseases
Neurological specimens currently include the following conditions:
Parkinson's Disease Postmortem collection of S. nigra from patients diagnosed with Parkinson's disease
Alzheimer’s Disease Postmortem collection of hypothalamus from patients diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease
Multiple Sclerosis Collection of Central Spinal Fluid (CSF) and blood from patients diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis
Normal Tissues :
Standard Specimen Format and Sets
- Snap-frozen tissues (1 x 1 cm)
- OCT-embedded tissues
- FFPE blocks
- Normal Human Tumor Tissues Human Brain Regions Set
- Normal Human Tissue Set
Normal Human Tumor Tissues Human Brain Map
- Nucleus Substantia nigra
- Nucleus Raphe
- Ventral pole
- Orbital gyrus
- Accumbens
- Amygdala
- Putamen
- Nucleus caudate
- Hippocampus
- Thalamus
- Parietal cortex
- Cerebellar vermis
- Cerebellar hemisphere
- Dorsolateral prefrontal cortex
- Pituitary gland
- Hypothalamus
- Spinal cord (cross-section)
- Peripheral Ganglia
Normal Human Tissues Panel
- Endocrine system -Pituitary (Category II)
- Endocrine system-Adrenal (Category II)
- Endocrine system -Thyroid (Category II)
- Endocrine system -Parathyroid
- Peripheral Blood cells (blood smear slides)
- Bone marrow
- CVS-Endothelium (artery, vein)
- CVS-Heart (myocardium)
- CVS -Lymph node (central)
- Spleen
- CNS -Cerebellum (Category II)
- CNS- Cerebral cortex (Category II)
- PNS- Spinal cord (cross-sections)
- Upper GI tract (Esophagus, stomach)
- Lower GI tract –Intestines( Duodenum, Ileum, Cecum, Colon, Rectum)
- Pancreas (Category II)
- Liver
- Urinary tract –Kidney
- Urinary tract - Ureter
- Urinary tract – Bladder
- Respiratory tract- Lung
- Female reproductive organs-Ovary
- Female reproductive organs-Fallopian tube
- Female reproductive organs -Uterus
- Breast
- Placenta (different donor)
- Male reproductive organs -Testis
- Male reproductive organs-Prostate
- Skin
- Adipose tissue( Fat)
- Striated and Smooth muscle
