Arizona Study of Aging and Neurodegenerative Disorders and Brain and Body Donation Program

• Published in: Neuropathology Vol. 35; no. 4; pp. 354 - 389
• Main Authors: Beach, Thomas G., Adler, Charles H., Sue, Lucia I., Serrano, Geidy, Shill, Holly A., Walker, Douglas G., Lue, LihFen, Roher, Alex E., Dugger, Brittany N., Maarouf, Chera, Birdsill, Alex C., Intorcia, Anthony, Saxon-Labelle, Megan, Pullen, Joel, Scroggins, Alexander, Filon, Jessica, Scott, Sarah, Hoffman, Brittany, Garcia, Angelica, Caviness, John N., Hentz, Joseph G., Driver-Dunckley, Erika, Jacobson, Sandra A., Davis, Kathryn J., Belden, Christine M., Long, Kathy E., Malek-Ahmadi, Michael, Powell, Jessica J., Gale, Lisa D., Nicholson, Lisa R., Caselli, Richard J., Woodruff, Bryan K., Rapscak, Steven Z., Ahern, Geoffrey L., Shi, Jiong, Burke, Anna D., Reiman, Eric M., Sabbagh, Marwan N.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Australia Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.08.2015; Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
• Subjects: Aged, 80 and over; Aging; Aging - pathology; Alzheimer's disease; Arizona; Autopsy; biobank; Biomarkers; biospecimen; Brain - pathology; brain bank; Brain research; cancer; Donations; Female; freeze-thaw; Humans; Male; Neurodegenerative Diseases - pathology; Organ Preservation; Parkinson's disease; pathology; post-mortem interval; Postmortem Changes; RNA; Tissue and Organ Procurement; Tissue Banks; Tissue Donors; Tissue Survival; Arizona; Parkinson's disease; pathology; post-mortem interval; RNA; biospecimen; cancer; aging; brain bank; freeze-thaw; Alzheimer's disease; autopsy; biobank

The Brain and Body Donation Program (BBDP) at Banner Sun Health Research Institute (http://www.brainandbodydonationprogram.org) started in 1987 with brain‐only donations and currently has banked more than 1600 brains. More than 430 whole‐body donations have been received since this service was comme...