Tools   Select Another Resource Report Type

http://www.uky.edu/coa/ADC

Alzheimer's Disease Center that serves as the focal point for all Alzheimer's disease-related activities at the University of Kentucky and the Commonwealth of Kentucky providing an environment and core resources that catalyze innovative research, outreach, education, and clinical programs. Their ADC plans to build on its historic strengths and capitalize on emerging opportunities to provide an infrastructure that supports research designed to translate knowledge into therapeutic strategies for AD. They focus on two interrelated themes: Transitions and Translation. Their overall emphasis is to more effectively bridge the gap between basic research and clinical studies by facilitating translational efforts. They also carefully characterize transitions across the spectrum of cognitive impairment (normal/ preclinical AD/ MCI/ dementia), with focus on definition of early disease, and continue to support neuropathology as the bedrock of our center. The Alzheimer Disease Center's 2006-2011 grant award from the National Institute on Aging consists of five cores: * Administrative Core * Clinical Core * Biostatistics and Data Management Core * Neuropathology Core * Education & Information Transfer Core

Proper citation: University of Kentucky Alzheimer's Disease Center (RRID:SCR_008767) Copy   

•   Source: SciCrunch Registry

http://www.ucl.ac.uk/ion/departments/molecular/themes/neurodegeneration/brainbank

A brain bank which holds an archive of brains donated by individuals with neurodegenerative disease and others who serve as neurologically normal controls. It specializes in parkinsonian movement disorders, including Parkinson's disease and multiple system atrophy, and holds the national collection of brains donated by individuals with progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP). Recently the collection has been developed to include donated brains from prospectively studied people with familial dementias. The QSBB also banks brains donated by people with dystonia and Gilles de la Tourette syndrome. The Brain Bank aims to provide brain tissue for neuropathological studies and for scientific research both in the UK and worldwide. The large collection of tissue is backed up by clinical documentation and all material is fully evaluated by the neuropathologists at QSBB. Brain tissue is stored as formalin-fixed, wax embedded blocks and is frozen, either at -20 degrees C or at -80 degrees C (flash-frozen). Tissue can be provided as slide-mounted sections, or as small blocks for neurochemistry, proteomics and DNA and RNA analysis. Flash-frozen material has excellent histological preservation and is suitable for in situ hybridization and immunohistochemistry. Case-control studies are matched for post-mortem delay and agonal status and are supplied blind.

Proper citation: Queen Square Brain Bank (RRID:SCR_004652) Copy   

•   Source: SciCrunch Registry

http://www.brain-net.net/

THIS RESOURCE IS NO LONGER IN SERVICE. Documented on June 28,2022. A network of several university centers in Germany that classifies neurological and psychiatric disorders neuropathologically and collects and provides brain tissue for research. The aim and task of the Brain-Net are: the collection of clinically and neuropathologically well-characterized brain tissue samples; the standardization of neuropathological diagnoses according to internationally accepted criteria; and providing a basis for future research projects using genetic, epidemiological, biometric and other issues to neurological and psychiatric disorders.

Proper citation: Brain-Net (RRID:SCR_005017) Copy   

•   Source: SciCrunch Registry

http://med.emory.edu/ADRC/research/core_neurology_database.html

THIS RESOURCE IS NO LONGER IN SERVICE. Documented on June 9, 2025. A database which retains extensive clinical information about study subjects recruited by the Alzheimer's Disease Research Center Clinical Core, as well as other individuals with neurological diseases. In addition to clinical information, the database has basic demographics, medical history (including risk factors such as smoking), and a detailed family history from all subjects. Some entries have neuropsychological measures. Users can access a Summary Database which contains the most commonly requested variables. A data dictionary describing the variables in the Summary Database is available.

Proper citation: Emory Neurology Database (RRID:SCR_005277) Copy   

•   Source: SciCrunch Registry

http://med.brown.edu/neurology/brainbank/index.html

A tissue resource center which facilitates research into the relationship between Alzheimer's disease and other brain disorders such as strokes and mental illnesses. Most donations have been obtained from Alzheimer's patients. Normal controls are available, many of which are from subjects with close relatives with Alzheimer's. The Brown BTRC also supports a collection of brain tumor cases that were harvested from patients who underwent surgery and who were enrolled in a clinical trial for the development of new treatments for brain cancer.

Proper citation: Brown Brain Tissue Resource Center (RRID:SCR_005392) Copy   

•   Source: SciCrunch Registry

Ratings or validation data are available for this resource

http://www.ndriresource.org/

NDRI is a Not-For-Profit (501c3) Corporation dedicated to providing the highest quality human biomaterials for research. NDRI makes it easy for researchers to get the human tissues and organs they need, prepared, preserved and shipped precisely according to their specific scientific protocols, as quickly as possible, and in the largest available quantities. NDRI provides researchers with protocol specific human neurological tissues such as brain stem, spinal cord, and basal ganglia, among others. In addition to control specimens, NDRI recovers tissues from donors with a variety of diseases, including Down syndrome, Parkinsons disease, Alzheimers disease, schizophrenia, and dementia. Through the NDRI 24/7 referral and procurement system, research consented biospecimens can be provided from low post mortem interval donors preserved at 4ºC, frozen or snap frozen, fixed, paraffin embedded, or as unstained slides.

Proper citation: National Disease Research Interchange (RRID:SCR_000550) Copy   

•   Source: SciCrunch Registry

http://madrc.mgh.harvard.edu/

An Alzheimer's disease research center which supports new research and enhances ongoing research by providing core support to bringing together behavioral, biomedical, and clinical scientists. The Center conducts multidisciplinary research, trains scientists, and spreads information about Alzheimer's disease and related disorders to the general public. The principal goal of the Massachusetts ADRC is to support research in aging, Alzheimer's Disease and other related disorders. Researchers work with national and international multi-disciplinary teams to understand: normal aging, the transition from normal aging to mild forms of memory problems, and the later stages of dementia. The Massachusetts ADRC has an active brain donation program at the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) for patients as well as subjects enrolled in research studies.

Proper citation: Massachusetts Alzheimer's Disease Research Center (RRID:SCR_008764) Copy   

•   Source: SciCrunch Registry

http://www.ttuhsc.edu/centers/aging/giabrainbank.aspx

The Brain Bank was developed with two service-minded objectives: provide a free brain autopsy to confirm clinical diagnosis of dementia, and collect, bank and provide brain tissue to qualified scientific researchers studying diseases related to dementia. By working together, patients and researchers can help us understand the origins of neurodegenerative disease and eventually improve the treatment and care of dementia. The clinical diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease can only be confirmed by brain autopsy, or the examination of brain tissue after death. This examination will determine a patients's precise type of dementia. To confirm the diagnosis of Alzheimer's, for example, the brain tissue is examined for amyloid plaques and neurofibrillary tangles by a neuropathologist. The presence of these plaques and tangles will verify the clinical diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease. While it is important to us to enroll patients with dementia, it is equally important to enroll people with no dementia. These subjects are termed as controls and the brain tissue from controls will enable researchers to make comparisons to brain tissue from dementia patients. We are seeking donations from individuals who have had an age-related neurodegenerative disease like Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, Lewy Body or other related dementia.

Proper citation: GIA Brain Bank Program (RRID:SCR_008877) Copy   

•   Source: SciCrunch Registry

http://adc.med.nyu.edu/

The NYU Alzheimer's Disease Center is part of the Department of Psychiatry at New York University School of Medicine. The center's goals are to advance current knowledge and understanding of brain aging and Alzheimer's disease, to expand the numbers of scientists working in the field of aging and Alzheimer's research, to work toward better treatment options and care for patients, and to apply and share its findings with healthcare providers, researchers, and the general public. The ADC's programs and services extend to other research facilities and to healthcare professionals through the use of its core facilities. The NYU ADC is made up of seven core facilities: Administrative Core, Clinical Core, Neuropathology Core, Education Core, Data Management and Biostatistics Core, Neuroimaging Core, and Psychosocial Core.

Proper citation: NYU Alzheimer's Disease Center (RRID:SCR_008754) Copy   

•   Source: SciCrunch Registry

http://www.ohsu.edu/xd/research/centers-institutes/neurology/alzheimers/research/data-tissue/neuro-imaging.cfm

NeuroImaging laboratory focused on detecting early brain changes associated with cognitive decline and dementia that manages the neuroimaging component of all studies at the Layton Aging and Alzheimer's Center including acquisition and archival services, as well as volumetric analysis of anonymized MRI scans. Assistance with resulting data is also available, including statistical analysis, and preparation of materials for presentation and publication. The Layton Center also manages a library of thousands of digitized MRI scans, including what is believed to be the largest collection of longitudinal MRI scans of cognitively intact elderly subjects. The OADC Neuroimaging Lab conducts MRI studies on both 3 and 7T MRI systems using advanced sequences, employing a multimodal approach to brain imaging research.

Proper citation: Layton Center NeuroImaging Laboratory (RRID:SCR_008823) Copy   

•   Source: SciCrunch Registry

http://www.med.upenn.edu/cndr/biosamples-brainbank.html

A brain and tissue bank that contains human brain samples from patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD), Parkinson's disease (PD) and other related neurodegenerative dementias and movement disorders. This brain bank serves as a resource for scientists and researchers, providing access to tissue samples for further research. While priority is given to University of Pennsylvania researchers, this bank will provide requests to researchers not associated with the University of Pennsylvania. This tissue bank accepts donations from those seeing a University of Pennsylvania physician or collaborator.

Proper citation: University of Pennslyvania Brain Bank (RRID:SCR_008820) Copy   

•   Source: SciCrunch Registry

http://psychiatry.stanford.edu/alzheimer/

Portal for gerontology research with a variety of clinical, research and educational programs, with the aim of improving the lives of those affected by Alzheimer's Disease and memory losses associated with normal aging. The Center investigates the nature of Alzheimer's Disease, its progression over time, its response to treatments, and problems patients and caregivers experience in dealing with the changes that occur. It also conducts studies that look at changes that occur over the course of normal aging and have a Normal Aging Brain Donor Program. The Aging Clinical Research Center puts out a newsletter that showcases various projects and includes informative articles on dementia.

Proper citation: Stanford/VA Aging Clinical Research Center (RRID:SCR_008678) Copy   

•   Source: SciCrunch Registry

http://pennadc.org

A national Alzhiemer's disease research center funded by the National Institute on Aging, and the research arm of the Penn Memory Center.

Proper citation: Penn Alzheimer's Disease Center (RRID:SCR_004444) Copy   

•   Source: SciCrunch Registry

https://knightadrc.wustl.edu/professionals-clinicians/request-center-resources/

Provides on request resources including Data: clinical and cognitive measures as well as MRI and amyloid imaging scans; Tissue: frozen brain tissue, paraffin brain sections, antemortem CSF, DNA, fibroblast, dermal fibroblasts, plasma (fasting and non-fasting) and iPSC; Participants: eligible participants may be invited to enroll in research of other investigators after appropriate review. Researchers can use the request portal to review Center guidelines and policies; view available data and tissue; access data tables and codebooks; and submit request for resources.

Proper citation: Washington University School of Medicine Knight ADRC Request Center Resources Core Facility (RRID:SCR_025254) Copy   

•   Source: SciCrunch Registry

https://www.vai.org/research/collaborations/west-michigan-neurodegenerative-diseases-mind-program/

Brain bank that houses donated brains from people with neurodegenerative diseases and neurologically normal age-matched controls. VAI Brain Bank drives insight and discovery by providing scientists the samples needed to investigate the intricate underpinnings of Parkinson’s, dementias, and other neurodegenerative diseases.

Proper citation: Van Andel Institute Brain Bank (RRID:SCR_026035) Copy   

•   Source: SciCrunch Registry

http://www.alzheimer-europe.org/

A non-governmental organization aimed at raising awareness of all forms of dementia by creating a common European platform through co-ordination and co-operation between Alzheimer organizations throughout Europe. Alzheimer Europe is also a source of information on all aspects of dementia.

Proper citation: Alzheimer Europe (RRID:SCR_003802) Copy   

•   Source: SciCrunch Registry

http://www.alzheimer-hellas.gr/english.php

A non-profit organization whose aim is to offer advice concerning the care of Alzheimer''''s disease patients, information and services for the people affected and their families. Also, to offer mutual help to the family members of the patients in order to reduce the social, economic and emotional cost deriving from the long care of people suffering from dementia. Lastly, the association attempts to publicize the social needs of the population affected and to inform the public in order to be acquainted with the problem. The mission of the Greek Association of Alzheimer''''s Disease is * the early diagnosis of dementia by scientists * the promotion of research * education and training for all the stakeholders * the development of Care Units for patients with Alzheimer''''s Disease * the provision of useful information and advise (24 hour help-line) on dementia problems (caring, legal or financial issues) * the presentation of lectures by health professionals and informal carers, covering all aspects of Alzheimer Disease * and the development of professional seminars during the whole year.

Proper citation: Greek Association of Alzheimers Disease and Related Disorders (RRID:SCR_003938) Copy   

•   Source: SciCrunch Registry

http://www.brainnet-europe.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=99&Itemid=99

Sampling protocols produced by the BrainNet Europe Consortium generally with five types of dissection and brain processing procedures defined in all disease related protocols. * Fresh brain dissection * Fresh brain processing * Dissection of formalin-fixed brain * Histology and immunohistochemistry * Processing fresh brain

Proper citation: BrainNet Europe Sampling Protocols (RRID:SCR_000484) Copy   

•   Source: SciCrunch Registry

http://www.alzheimer.ca/

A nonprofit health organization that works to improve the quality of life of Canadians affected by Alzheimer's disease and other dementias. This organization also supports research on the cause and potential cures for the disease through education and funding.

Proper citation: Alzheimer Society of Canada (RRID:SCR_000485) Copy   

•   Source: SciCrunch Registry

http://www.health.gov.bc.ca/pharmacare/adti/clinician/pdf/ADTI%20SMMSE-GDS%20Reference%20Card.pdf

Assessment test imposing strict guidelines for administration and scoring to improve the reliability of the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE), a screening test for the purpose of evaluating cognitive impairment in older adults.

Proper citation: Standardized Mini-Mental State Examination (RRID:SCR_003703) Copy   

•   Source: SciCrunch Registry