Aliquots from a single region of the cortex and cerebellum are sampled and preserved in PAXgene Tissue at the BSS, while the remaining whole brain, with attached brain stem and cervical spinal cord, when possible, is shipped on wet ice to an NIH-funded brain bank. After sectioning at the Brain Bank, frozen samples from additional anatomical regions of the brain are analyzed at the LDACC and the remaining brain banked for future uses.
