RESEARCHER INFORMATION

The Michigan Brain Bank inventory has a diverse disease compilation (see inventory below). Each donated brain is bisected through the midline into two hemispheres. One hemisphere is fixed in 10% neutral buffered formalin, dissected, processed into Formalin Fixed Paraffin Embedded (FFPE) Blocks and assessed microscopically by experienced University of Michigan Neuropathologists, providing diagnostic confirmation. The other hemisphere is dissected into coronal sections and frozen using either liquid nitrogen vapor or cold contact. The tissues are suitable for a wide variety of applications, including polymerase chain reaction (PCR), DNA sequencing, mRNA isolation, receptor binding, immunohistochemistry, in situ hybridization, virus detection, and certain chemical assays. 

If you are interested in obtaining frozen or FFPE tissue, please complete the resource application below and email it to perkmd@med.umich.edu. University of Michigan and External investigators requests are completed on a first come first serve basis. Completion times with depend on the size and scope of a request and the Michigan Brain Banks current workload. External investigators may be asked to pay for the cost of tissue transportation and these requests may take longer to complete depending on circumstances.  If you have any questions, please contact the Brain Bank Program Manager at (734) 647-7648.

Brain Bank Inventory