Brain Tissue Collection for Neuropathological Studies
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Official title
Brain Procurement for the Human Brain Collection Core
Brief summary
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The purpose of this study is to collect and study the brain tissue of deceased individuals to learn more about the nervous system and mental disorders. Information gained from donated tissue may lead to better treatments and potential cures for nervous system and mental disorders. This study will ask relatives of deceased individuals to donate the brains of their deceased relatives to allow further study of neurological and psychiatric disorders. We do not accept prospective donations.
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT00001260
- Recruitment status
- Terminated
- Study type
- Observational
- Phase
- Not listed
- Enrollment
- 2,161 participants
Conditions and interventions
Conditions
Interventions
Not listed
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- Not listed
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepts healthy volunteers
This page does not interpret eligibility. Detailed inclusion and exclusion criteria are on the official ClinicalTrials.gov record.
Study timeline
- Start date
- May 28, 1990
- Primary completion
- Not listed
- Completion
- Jun 15, 2017
- Last update posted
- Dec 8, 2019
1990 – 2017
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 3
- U.S. states
- 3
- U.S. cities
- 3
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Office of the Chief Medical Examiner | Washington D.C. | District of Columbia | 20003 | — |
| National Institutes of Health Clinical Center, 9000 Rockville Pike | Bethesda | Maryland | 20892 | — |
| Office of the Chief Medical Examiner | Fairfax | Virginia | 22032 | — |
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