Links & Resources

National Neurological Research Specimen Bank (NNRSB)
Location: California
Email: brainbnk@ucla.edu
Phone: (310) 268-3536
Fax: (310) 268-4768
** Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, Multiple Sclerosis, neuro-AIDS

Anatomical Board
University of Miami School of Medicine
Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy
P.O. Box 016960 (R-124)
Miami, Florida 33101

Phone: (305) 243-6691
Fax: (305) 545-7166
E-mail: dhoodiman@med.miami.edu
E-mail: mlogan@med.miami.edu

Location:
Rosenstiel Medical Sciences Building
University of Miami School of Medicine
1600 N.W. 10th Avenue, Miami, Florida 33136
** Whole Body

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 (FL)
University of Miami Dept. of Pathology (R-5) 1550 NW 10th Ave.
Papanicolaou Bldg, Room 410
Miami,  FL  33136
Tel: 800-59BRAIN (592-7246)
Fax: 305-243-6970
EMail: btb@med.miami.edu
http://pathology.med.miami.edu/btb/

Description: Collects samples from patients with a variety of genetic 
and developmental disorders, patients with related disorders, and age-
matched controls. The material is used by investigators studying 
diseases that affect normal brain.

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

Human Brain and Spinal Fluid Resource Center
Neurology Research (127A) W. Los Angeles Healthcare Center
11301 Wilshire Blvd. Bldg. 212
Los Angeles,  CA  90073
Tel: 310-268-3536 Page: 310-636-5199
Fax: 310-268-4768
EMail: brainbank@ucla.edu
http://www.loni.ucla.edu/uclabrainbank

Description: Collects, stores and distributes quick frozen and 
formalin fixed tissue and cerebrospinal fluid and blood to qualified 
researchers worldwide. Works with support groups and individuals with 
neurological and psychiatric diseases who wish to further medical 
research by donation of autopsy and surgical specimens.

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.