Consortium Tissue Currently Available
The chart below lists sets still available from the Consortium. The maximum number of complete sets is limited by the size of the smallest brain. Thus, for some areas such as the hippocampus samples have been depleted from cases so the sets are incomplete (e.g. 58 cases remaining of 60).
Frozen sections are 14 um thick and mounted on glass slides 1.5” x 3.0”
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Specimen Type |
Brain Area |
Availability Description |
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Frozen sections |
orbital frontal |
complete sets available |
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Frozen sections |
superior temporal gyrus |
complete sets available |
|
Frozen sections |
cingulate |
complete sets available |
|
Frozen sections |
nucleus accumbens |
sets missing 1 depression |
|
Frozen sections |
caudate (without accumbens) |
complete sets available |
|
Frozen sections |
anterior commissure/caudate/ putamen |
sets missing 1 unaffected control |
|
Frozen sections |
amygdala |
complete sets available |
|
Frozen sections |
anterior hippocampus |
limited number of sets consisting of 13 schiz, 14 BP, 12 depression, and 13 unaffected controls |
|
Frozen sections |
mid hippocampus |
sets missing 1 schiz |
|
Frozen sections |
thalamus |
complete sets available |
|
Frozen sections |
upper midbrain |
complete sets available |
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Frozen sections |
upper pons |
complete sets available |
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Frozen sections |
cerebellum |
complete sets available |
|
Frozen sections |
occipital cortex |
complete sets available |
Frozen blocks are generally 0.3 gms
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Specimen Type |
Brain Area |
Availability Description |
|
Frozen blocks |
premotor cortex (BA6) |
complete sets available |
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Frozen blocks |
motor cortex (BA4) |
complete sets available |
|
Frozen blocks |
cerebellum |
complete sets available |
|
Frozen blocks |
parietal cortex (BA7) |
complete sets available |
|
Frozen blocks |
visual association cortex (BA19) |
complete sets available |
Fixed sections are 10um thick paraffin sections
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Specimen Type |
Brain Area |
Availability Description |
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Fixed sections |
orbital frontal |
complete sets available |
|
Fixed sections |
superior temporal cortex |
complete sets available |
|
Fixed sections |
cingulate |
complete sets available |
|
Fixed sections |
anterior hippocampus |
limited number of complete sets |
|
Fixed sections |
mid hippocampus |
limited number of complete sets |
|
Fixed sections |
amygdala |
limited number of complete sets |
|
Fixed sections |
nucleus accumbens |
still to be sectioned |
|
Fixed sections |
striatum |
complete sets available |
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Fixed sections |
occipital cortex |
still to be sectioned |
Fixed blocks are generally 1 cm x 1 cm x 5 mm (depending on the brain region)
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Specimen Type |
Brain Area |
Availability Description |
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Fixed blocks |
premotor cortex (BA6) |
complete sets available |
|
Fixed blocks |
motor cortex (BA4) |
complete sets available |
|
Fixed blocks |
caudal cingulate cortex (BA23 & BA31) |
complete sets available |
|
Fixed blocks |
parietal cortex (BA7) |
complete sets available |
|
Fixed blocks |
visual association cortex (BA19) |
complete sets available |