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https://www.lawsonresearch.com/clinical_research/brain_tumour_bank.htm

To aid researchers, the Brain Tumour Tissue Bank, located located in London Health Sciences Centre in London, Ontario, Canada has been collecting human brain tumor specimens and matching clinical data for neuro-oncology research in Canada and internationally since its establishment in 1991. A wide variety of primary and secondary brain tumors, spinal tumors, peritumors and normal brain tissues are available for molecular, protein, enzyme and immunohistochemical studies. Interested researchers can review the information provided at the website and can contact the tissue bank for information about what is currently available. In order to complete a request, an application must be completed.

Proper citation: Lawson Brain Tumour Tissue Bank (RRID:SCR_004881) Copy   

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http://optn.transplant.hrsa.gov/

The only national patient waiting list and an online database system, called UNet, that links all of the professionals involved in the donation and transplantation system for the collection, storage, analysis, and publication of all OPTN data pertaining to the patient waiting list, organ matching, and transplants. The system contains data regarding every organ donation and transplant event occurring in the U.S. since October 1, 1987. UNet is a fail-safe, 24/7, secure Internet-based transplant information database created to enable the nation''''s organ transplant institutions to: * register patients for transplants * match donated organs to waiting patients * manage the time-sensitive, life-critical data of all patients, before and after their transplants Data reports are available by type: National Data, Regional Data, State Data, Center Data, Build Advanced Report, and Annual Report Data. UNet is being used right now by all of the nation''''s organ transplant programs, organ procurement organizations, and histocompatibility (tissue typing) laboratories working cooperatively to efficiently share a limited number of donated organs among thousands of patients.

Proper citation: Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (RRID:SCR_004883) Copy   

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http://vision.ucsf.edu/hortonlab/index.html

Devise better ways to prevent and treat vision loss due to amblyopia and strabismus, and to advance medical science by understanding the human visual system. Various Images, Videos and Talks related to the research are available. In the Laboratory for Visual Neuroscience at the University of California, San Francisco, we are seeking to discover how visual perception occurs in the human brain. The function of the visual system is to guide our behavior by providing an efficient means for the rapid assimilation of information from the environment. As we navigate through our surroundings, a continuous stream of light images impinges on our eyes. In the back of each eye a light-sensitive tissue, the retina, converts patterns of light energy into electrical discharges known as action potentials. These signals are conveyed along the axons of retinal ganglion cells to the lateral geniculate body, a relay nucleus in the thalamus. Most of the output of the lateral geniculate body is relayed directly to the primary visual cortex (striate cortex, V1), and then to surrounding visual association areas. To understand the function of the visual pathways, our research is focused on 5 major themes: * Organization of Primary Visual Cortex * Mapping of Extrastriate Visual Cortex * Amblyopia and Visual Development * Strabismus and Visual Suppression * The Human Visual Cortex

Proper citation: UCSF Laboratory for Visual Neuroscience (RRID:SCR_004913) Copy   

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http://www.neurosci.ucsd.edu/

THIS RESOURCE IS NO LONGER IN SERVICE, documented August 31, 2016. The Laboratory of Experimental Neuropathology is engaged in the study of neurodegenerative disease, including Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, and the dementia of HIV encephalitis. It contains a large bank of materials available to fellow investigators including images, publications, and lab safety. Fellow Investigators and Collaborators may request materials from the brain bank. Technologies employed by the laboratory include immunocytochemistry, neurochemistry, molecular genetics, transgenic models of disease, and imaging by scanning laser confocal microscopy.

Proper citation: UCSD Experimental Neuropath Laboratory (RRID:SCR_004906) Copy   

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http://health.usf.edu/byrd/adrc/index.htm

A statewide consortium dedicated to Alzheimer's disease research to better understand the disease and related memory disorders. It includes Alzheimer's researchers and clinicians from institutions across Florida such as USF Health, Mayo Clinic Jacksonville, and Mount Sinai Medical Center. The purpose of the ADRC is to assist institutions in developing an infrastructure (cores) that can be used for various research projects with the goal of better understanding Alzheimer's disease and related disorders. The Florida ADRC is comprised of six cores, three projects and three pilot projects among other collaborations that utilize these cores.

Proper citation: Florida Alzheimer's Disease Research Center (RRID:SCR_004940) Copy   

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http://brainbank.ucla.edu/

A biomaterial supply resource which collects, stores, and distributes donated tissue to research scientists around the world. Collection occurs through the an anatomical donor program which accepts tissue donation from people with neurological/ psychiatric disorders. The Center also provides a continuous boost to biomedical research by providing high quality and quantity of pre- and post-mortem brains, spinal cords, cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), serum, blood cells and urine to use in investigations of neurological and psychiatric diseases. Scientists without a clinical site may use the Center''s readily available, high quality banked specimens.

Proper citation: Human Brain and Spinal Fluid Resource Center (RRID:SCR_004811) Copy   

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http://www.anatomyatlases.org/

An anatomy digital health sciences library to educate patients, healthcare providers, and students in a free and anonymous manner while using current, authoritative, trustworthy health information. Anatomy Atlases addresses the continuum of anatomy education and may be of use primarily to three distinct populations. It is written for and intended primarily for use by Medical Students, Residents, Fellows, or Attending Physicians studying anatomy. Other Health Care Providers studying anatomy should find it useful. Finally, Patients (including patient''s family members or friends) may find it helpful. Anatomy Textbooks and Anatomy Atlases: * Atlas of Human Anatomy * Atlas of Human Anatomy in Cross Section * Illustrated Encyclopedia of Human Anatomic Variation * Atlas of Microscopic Anatomy - A Functional Approach: Companion to Histology and Neuroanatomy: Second Edition * Anatomy of First Aid - A Case Study Approach * Lessons From a Bone Box Lessons From a Bone Box

Proper citation: Anatomy Atlases (RRID:SCR_004888) Copy   

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https://www.saintluc.be/en/node/2561

An essential reference center in Europe and a leader in French-speaking Belgium that treats all types of adult and childhood cancer. They fight against cancer while giving patients comprehensive and humane care. Their quest for excellence is in three main academic fields: clinical care, research and teaching.

Proper citation: Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc Cancer Centre (RRID:SCR_004922) Copy   

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http://bejerano.stanford.edu/prism/public/html/

THIS RESOURCE IS NO LONGER IN SERVICE. Documented on May 5,2022.Tool that predicts interactions between transcription factors and their regulated genes from binding motifs. Understanding vertebrate development requires unraveling the cis-regulatory architecture of gene regulation. PRISM provides accurate genome-wide computational predictions of transcription factor binding sites for the human and mouse genomes, and integrates the predictions with GREAT to provide functional biological context. Together, accurate computational binding site prediction and GREAT produce for each transcription factor: 1. putative binding sites, 2. putative target genes, 3. putative biological roles of the transcription factor, and 4. putative cis-regulatory elements through which the factor regulates each target in each functional role., THIS RESOURCE IS NO LONGER IN SERVICE. Documented on September 16,2025.

Proper citation: PRISM (Stanford database) (RRID:SCR_005375) Copy   

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http://www.slu.edu/x23032.xml

A brain bank which provides brain tissue for interdisciplinary research in neurochemical, anatomical, epidemiological and clinical aspects of Alzheimer's disease. It provides brain tissue from Alzheimer's patients and healthy elderly brain donors to investigators who are helping further the understanding of Alzheimer's disease through research. It also gives family members of Alzheimer's patients the opportunity to obtain a confirmed diagnosis through brain autopsy. Through this program, families of individuals with either a clinical diagnosis, or those with suspected Alzheimer's disease, grant permission for a brain autopsy to be performed immediately after death.

Proper citation: St. Louis University Alzheimer's Brain Bank (RRID:SCR_005132) Copy   

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http://www.alzheimersinfo.org/index.html

A national research center that conducts research for Alzheimer's disease, stroke and other nervous system disorders. The mission of the Center is to improve the treatment and prevention of Alzheimer's disease and other neurologic disorders by advancing scientific knowledge through creative and collaborative research.

Proper citation: Regions Hospital Alzheimer's Research Center (RRID:SCR_005128) Copy   

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http://fcon_1000.projects.nitrc.org/

Collection of resting state fMRI (R-fMRI) datasets from sites around world. It demonstrates open sharing of R-fMRI data and aims to emphasize aggregation and sharing of well-phenotyped datasets.

Proper citation: 1000 Functional Connectomes Project (RRID:SCR_005361) Copy   

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http://www.biau.org/

Non-profit organization dedicated exclusively to education and support for the issues of prevention and recovery of brain injury in the state of Utah. The Brain Injury Association of Utah provides Help, Hope and Healing through Education, Facilitation and Advocacy. If you are one of the thousands of people who are faced with traumatic brain injury, you may be scared, and confused. We have resources, connections and programs that can help offer hope, clarity and sense of direction when it comes to living life to the fullest possibilities after traumatic brain injury. You are not alone. Together, we will not only survive, but thrive through the challenges ahead. At the Brain Injury Association of Utah you will find: * What To Expect * Basics of Brain Injury * Continuum of Care * Emotional Stages after Brain Injury * Facts About Brain Injury * Cognitive Brain Skills & Clues About Brain Injury * Glascow and Ranchos Coma Scale * Types and Levels of Brain Injury BIAU has coalitions with major hospitals, governmental agencies, and rehabilitation centers to provide a network of support, information, and help. Your support will strengthen this network and make a significant difference in the lives of those who have suffered a brain injury.

Proper citation: Brain Injury Association of Utah (RRID:SCR_005038) Copy   

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http://openneuro.org

Open platform for analyzing and sharing neuroimaging data from human brain imaging research studies. Brain Imaging Data Structure ( BIDS) compliant database. Formerly known as OpenfMRI. Data archives to hold magnetic resonance imaging data. Platform for sharing MRI, MEG, EEG, iEEG, and ECoG data.

Proper citation: OpenNeuro (RRID:SCR_005031) Copy   

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http://www.med.umkc.edu/psychiatry/nbtb/

THIS RESOURCE IS NO LONGER IN SERVICE, documented August 31, 2016. The UMKC Neuroscience Brain Tissue Bank and Research Laboratory has been established to obtain, process, and distribute human brain tissue to qualified scientists and clinicians dedicated to neuroscience research. No other living organ approaches the human brain in complexity or capacity. Healthy, it astounds and inspires miracles. Diseased, it confounds and diminishes hope. The use of human brain tissue for research will provide insight into the anatomical and neurochemical aspects of diseased and non-diseased brains. While animal models are helpful and necessary in understanding disease, certain disorders can be more efficiently studied using human brain tissue. Also, modern research techniques are often best applied to human tissue. We also need samples of brain tissue that have not been affected by disease. They help us to compare a 'normal' brain with a diseased one. Also, we have a critical need for brain donations from relatives who have genetically inherited disorders. Tissue preparation consists of fresh quick-frozen tissue blocks or coronal slices (nitrogen vapor frozen; custom dissection of specific anatomic regions) or formalin-fixed coronal slices (custom dissection of specific anatomic regions).

Proper citation: UMKC Neuroscience Brain Tissue Bank and Research Laboratory (RRID:SCR_005148) Copy   

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http://www.tnp.pitt.edu/pages/donationfrm_mb.htm

THIS RESOURCE IS NO LONGER IN SERVICE. Documented on March 19,2024. Brain tissue donation is a valuable contribution to mental health research. It enables scientists to investigate how the normal brain works, and how the brain is disturbed when it is affected by schizophrenia, depression, bipolar (manic depressive) disease or other related disorders. The Department of Psychiatry at the University of Pittsburgh has established a brain tissue bank to which brain tissue can be donated at no expense. The gift of brain tissue enables scientists to conduct research designed to understand causes, to develop new treatments, and ultimately to find cures for diseases that affect the brain. Brain tissue donation is a gift that makes it possible for researchers to study various types of mental disorders. Donations of brain tissue from individuals without these disorders are also needed to establish comparisons with brain samples from individuals who have these disorders. Any legally competent adult or guardian may indicate during life their interest in donating brain tissue after death. Next-of-kin either of healthy individuals or of those with psychiatric disorders may give consent to donate brain tissue following the death of a loved one. Brain tissue is removed during autopsy at a morgue or hospital and is transported to the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for examination and study.

Proper citation: University of Pittsburgh Brain Tissue Donation Program (RRID:SCR_005028) Copy   

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https://adrc.mc.duke.edu/index.php/research/brain-bank

A research repository of human brains with neurological disorders and normal controls, recruited through the Autopsy and Brain Donation Program coordinator. The Kathleen Price Bryan Brain Bank contains brains from patients with Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, Huntington's disease, Muscular Dystrophy, and other neurological and dementing disorders. The brain tissue is subjected to a detailed neuropathological evaluation and then stored as fixed and frozen hemispheres, paraffin blocks and histological slides. After receipt of an IRB approved request, tissue is supplied to investigators at Duke University, major medical centers and pharmaceutical companies across the United States and worldwide.

Proper citation: Duke University Kathleen Price Bryan Brain Bank (RRID:SCR_005022) Copy   

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http://services.nbic.nl/copub/portal/

Text mining tool that detects co-occuring biomedical concepts in abstracts from the MedLine literature database. It allows batch input of multiple human, mouse or rat genes and produces lists of keywords from several biomedical thesauri that are significantly correlated with the set of input genes. These lists link to Medline abstracts in which the co-occurring input genes and correlated keywords are highlighted. Furthermore, CoPub can graphically visualize differentially expressed genes and over-represented keywords in a network, providing detailed insight in the relationships between genes and keywords, and revealing the most influential genes as highly connected hubs.

Proper citation: CoPub (RRID:SCR_005327) Copy   

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http://glioblastoma.alleninstitute.org/

Platform for exploring the anatomic and genetic basis of glioblastoma at the cellular and molecular levels that includes two interactive databases linked together by de-identified tumor specimen numbers to facilitate comparisons across data modalities: * The open public image database, here, providing in situ hybridization data mapping gene expression across the anatomic structures inherent in glioblastoma, as well as associated histological data suitable for neuropathological examination * A companion database (Ivy GAP Clinical and Genomic Database) offering detailed clinical, genomic, and expression array data sets that are designed to elucidate the pathways involved in glioblastoma development and progression. This database requires registration for access. The hope is that researchers all over the world will mine these data and identify trends, correlations, and interesting leads for further studies with significant translational and clinical outcomes. The Ivy Glioblastoma Atlas Project is a collaborative partnership between the Ben and Catherine Ivy Foundation, the Allen Institute for Brain Science and the Ben and Catherine Ivy Center for Advanced Brain Tumor Treatment.

Proper citation: Ivy Glioblastoma Atlas Project (RRID:SCR_005044) Copy   

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http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/MINC/Atlases

A linear average model atlas produced by the International Consortium for Brain Mapping (ICBM) project. A set of full- brain volumetric images from a normative population specifically for the purposes of generating a model were collected by the Montreal Neurological Institute (MNI), UCLA, and University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio Research Imaging Center (RIC). 152 new subjects were scanned using T1, T2 and PD sequences using a specific protocol. These images were acquired at a higher resolution than the original average 305 data and exhibit improved contrast due predominately to advances in imaging technology. Each individual was linearly registered to the average 305 and a new model was formed. In total, three models were created at the MNI, the ICBM152_T1, ICBM152_T2 and ICBM152_PD from 152 normal subjects. This resulting model is now known as the ICBM152 (although the model itself has not been published). One advantage of this model is that it exhibits better contrast and better definition of the top of the brain and the bottom of the cerebellum due to the increased coverage during acquisition. The entirely automatic analysis pipeline of this data also included grey/white matter segmentation via spatial priors. The averaged results of these segmentations formed the first MNI parametric maps of grey and white matter. The maps were never made publicly available in isolation but have formed parts of other packages for some time including SPM, FSL AIR and as models of grey matter for EEG source location in VARETTA and BRAINWAVE. Again, as these models are an approximation of Talairach space, there are differences in varying areas, to continue our use of origin shift as an example, the ICBM models are approximately 152: +3.5mm in Z and +-co-ordinate -3.5mm and 2.0mm in Y as compared to the original Talairach origin. In addition to the standard analysis performed on the ICBM data, 64 of the subjects data were segmented using model based segmentation. 64 of the original 305 were manually outlined and a resulting parametric VOI atlas built. The native data from these acquisitions was 256x256 with 1mm slices. The final image resolution of this data was 181x217x181 with 1mm isotropic voxels. Refer to the ICBM152 NonLinear if you are fitting an individual to model and do not care about left/right comparisons. A short history of the various atlases that have been produced at the BIC (McConnell Brain Imaging Center, Montreal Neurological Institute) is provided.

Proper citation: MINC/Atlases (RRID:SCR_005281) Copy   

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