London Neurodegenerative Diseases Brain Banks
Name of Bank |
London Neurodegenerative Diseases Brain Bank |
Summary |
The Brain Bank was established in 1989 in the Department of Neuropathology, Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College London. Its aim is to provide high quality, clinically and neuropathologically well-characterised human brain and spinal cord tissue to the neuroscience community. Director: Dr Safa Al-Sarraj - Consultant Neuropathologist, Head of Clinical Neuropathology. |
Primary Contact(s) |
Dr Claire Troakes |
Available Sample Types |
Disease and Control Tissue Frozen tissue, FFPE blocks, Fixed tissue, Spinal cord (for MND, Control and FTLD), CSF. |
Sample Derivatives |
DNA available for some cases. FFPE or frozen sections on slides can be provided. |
Disease types/subtypes available |
Control, Alzheimer’s Disease, FTLD, Lewy Body Dementia, MND, Schizophrenia, AGD, CVD, CBD, Huntington’s Disease, Parkinson’s Disease, PSP, MSA, Autism, Rett’s Disease, Battens Disease. |
Sources of Sample Annotation |
Clinical/GP records. Neuropathology reports. Neuropsychological testing in some cases. Post mortem reports in some cases. |
Funding Bodies |
MRC, ABBUK |
Additional Information |
Other rare disease samples also available |