UM Department of Neurology
Life Science & Technology Park
1951 NW 7th Avenue
Suite 240
Miami, FL 33136
1(800) UM-BRAIN (862-7246)
Tel: (305) 243-6219
Fax: (305) 243-3649

Eunice Kennedy ShriverNational Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
31 Center Drive
Building 31, Room 2A32
Bethesda, MD 20892-2425
Phone: 1-800-370-2943
TTY:1-888-320-6942)
Fax: 1-866-760-5947
Mail: P.O. Box 3006, Rockville, MD 20847
Email: NICHDInformationResourceCenter@mail.nih.gov

Description: The mission of the NICHD is to ensure that every person is born healthy and wanted, that women suffer no harmful effects from reproductive processes, and that all children have the chance to achieve their full potential for healthy and productive lives, free from disease or disability, and to ensure the health, productivity, independence, and well-being of all people through optimal rehabilitation.

National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
Science Writing, Press, and Dissemination Branch
6001 Executive Boulevard
Room 6200, MSC 9663
Bethesda, MD 20892-9663
Phone: 301-443-4513 (local)
Toll Free: 1-866-615-6464
TTY: 301-443-8431
TTY toll free: 1-866-415-8051
Fax: 301-443-4279
E-mail: nimhinfo@nih.gov
Information about how to get to NIH is located at http://www.nih.gov/about/visitor/index.htm.

Description: The mission of NIMH is to transform the understanding and treatment of mental illnesses through basic and clinical research, paving the way for prevention,recovery, and cure.

National Institutes of Health (NIH) Genotype-Tissue Expression (GTEx)
Building 1
1 Center Drive
Bethesda, Maryland 20892
Phone: 301-496-4000
TTD/TTY toll free: 800-241-1055
Toll-free Health Info lines may be found at http://www.nih.gov/health/infoline.htm.
Email: http://www.nih.gov
Information about how to get to NIH is located at http://www.nih.gov/about/visitor/index.htm.

Description: Correlations between genotype and tissue-specific gene expression levels will help identify regions of the genome that influence whether and how much a gene is expressed. GTEx will help researchers to understand inherited susceptibility to disease and will be a resource database and tissue bank for many studies in the future.

Northwestern Brain Bank
Cognitive Neurology and Alzheimer's Disease Center
Northwestern University
Feinberg School of Medicine
320 E. Superior, Chicago, IL 60611
Tel: 312/908-9339
Fax: 312/908-8789
EMail: CNADC-Admin@northwestern.edu
http://www.brain.northwestern.edu/mdad/brainendowment.html

Brain and Tissue Bank for Developmental Disorders (MD)
University of Maryland Dept. of Pediatrics
655 West Baltimore Street, 10-035 BRB
Tel: 800-847-1539
Fax: 410-706-0020
EMail: btbumab@umaryland.edu
http://www.btbank.org

Description: Collects, stores, and distributes brain and other
tissues for purposes of research to improve understanding, care, and
treatment of individuals with developmental disorders.

Harvard Brain Tissue Resource Center
McLean Hospital
115 Mill Street
Belmont, MA 02478
Tel: 800-BRAIN BANK (272-4622) 617-855-2400
Fax: 617-855-3199
EMail: btrc@mclean.harvard.org
http://www.brainbank.mclean.org

National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
NIH Neurological Institute
P.O. Box 5801
Bethesda, MD 20824
Voice: (800) 352-9424 or (301) 496-5751
TTY (for people using adaptive equipment): (301) 468-5981
http://www.ninds.nih.gov/

Description: The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and
Stroke (NINDS) conducts and supports research on brain and nervous
system disorders. Created by the U.S. Congress in 1950, NINDS is one
of the more than two dozen research institutes and centers that
comprise the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The NIH, located in
Bethesda, Maryland, is an agency of the Public Health Service within
the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. NINDS has occupied
a central position in the world of neuroscience for 50 years.

Living Bank
P.O. Box 6725
Houston, TX 77265
Tel: 800-528-2971
EMail: info@livingbank.org
http://www.livingbank.org

Description: Non-profit donor education organization. Maintains
computerized records of donor data for future retrieval during
emergencies.

International Institute for the Advancement of Medicine
1232 Mid-Valley Drive
Jessup, PA 18434
Tel: (570) 496-3400
Fax: (570) 496-3423
Toll free: 1-800-486-IIAM
http://www.iiam.org/index2.php?page=0

Description: IIAM, the International Institute for the Advancement of Medicine,
was founded in 1986 to meet these needs and to offer people wishing to donate
an option to contribute to this important work. IIAM has become one of the one
of the largest recovery networks in the world for the acquisition of donated
human tissue for research and education.

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