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http://www.ohsu.edu/xd/education/schools/school-of-medicine/departments/clinical-departments/pathology/research/oregon-brain-bank.cfm

Brain bank that harvests, banks and disperses postmortem tissue for use in brain and medical research. It also provides neuropathologic diagnoses of organic dementia in a cohort of NIH sponsored research subjects. The bank includes tissue primarily from patients with Alzheimer's but also includes Huntington's, Parkinson's, and other disorders.

Proper citation: Oregon Brain Bank (RRID:SCR_013085) Copy   

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http://brainhealthregistry.org/

A website aimed at recruiting and assessing subjects for all types of neuroscience studies with the internet. The hope is to accelerate various types of observational studies and clinical trials, and also reduce costs. They are interested in having people, including healthy subjects of all ages, join the registry. Joining only takes a few minutes. The web-based project is designed to speed up cures for Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and other brain disorders. It uses online questionnaires and online neuropsychological tests (which are very much like online brain games).

Proper citation: Brain Health Registry (RRID:SCR_010230) Copy   

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http://braintissuebank.dal.ca

A biomaterial supply resource which supplies brain tissue for researchers studying dementia and other neurodegenerative diseases. The Maritime Brain Tissue Bank archives tissues related to Alzheimer's Disease, mixed dementias, Lewy Body Disease, and Huntington's Disease, among others.

Proper citation: Maritime Brain Tissue Bank (RRID:SCR_013838) Copy   

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http://www.radiology.ucsf.edu/cind

Biomedical technology research center that develops and validates new imaging methods for detecting brain abnormalities in neurodegenerative diseases, including Alzheimer's disease, vascular dementia, frontotemporal dementia, Parkinson's disease, as well as epilepsy, depression, and other conditions associated with nerve loss in the brain. As people around the globe live longer, the impact of neurodegenerative diseases is expected to increase further with dire social and economical consequences for societies if no effective treatments are developed soon. The development at CIND is aimed to improve magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). The ultimate goal of the scientific program is to identify imaging markers that improve accuracy in diagnosing neurodegenerative diseases at early stages, achieve more reliable prognoses of disease progression, and facilitate the discovery of effective treatment interventions. In addition to addressing the general needs for studying neurodegenerative diseases, another focus of CIND concerns brain diseases associated with military service and war combat, such as post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), brain trauma, gulf war illness and the long-term effects of these conditions on the mental health of veterans. The symbiosis between CIND and the Veterans Administration Medical Center in San Francisco makes this program uniquely suited to serve military veterans.

Proper citation: Center for Imaging of Neurodegenerative Diseases (RRID:SCR_001968) Copy   

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http://www.nih.gov/science/brain/

Project aimed at revolutionizing understanding of human brain, to show how individual cells and complex neural circuits interact, enable rapid progress in development of new technologies and data analysis tools to treat and prevent brain disorders. BRAIN Initiative encourages collaborations between neurobiologists and scientists from disciplines such as statistics, physics, mathematics, engineering, and computer and information sciences. Institutes and centers contributing to NIH BRAIN Initiative support those research efforts.

Proper citation: BRAIN Initiative (RRID:SCR_006770) Copy   

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http://pennadc.org

A national Alzhiemer's disease research center funded by the National Institute on Aging, and the research arm of the Penn Memory Center.

Proper citation: Penn Alzheimer's Disease Center (RRID:SCR_004444) Copy   

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http://www.uky.edu/coa/ADC

Alzheimer's Disease Center that serves as the focal point for all Alzheimer's disease-related activities at the University of Kentucky and the Commonwealth of Kentucky providing an environment and core resources that catalyze innovative research, outreach, education, and clinical programs. Their ADC plans to build on its historic strengths and capitalize on emerging opportunities to provide an infrastructure that supports research designed to translate knowledge into therapeutic strategies for AD. They focus on two interrelated themes: Transitions and Translation. Their overall emphasis is to more effectively bridge the gap between basic research and clinical studies by facilitating translational efforts. They also carefully characterize transitions across the spectrum of cognitive impairment (normal/ preclinical AD/ MCI/ dementia), with focus on definition of early disease, and continue to support neuropathology as the bedrock of our center. The Alzheimer Disease Center's 2006-2011 grant award from the National Institute on Aging consists of five cores: * Administrative Core * Clinical Core * Biostatistics and Data Management Core * Neuropathology Core * Education & Information Transfer Core

Proper citation: University of Kentucky Alzheimer's Disease Center (RRID:SCR_008767) Copy   

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http://ncrad.iu.edu/

Cell repository for Alzheimer's disease that collects and maintains biological specimens and associated data. Its data is derived from large numbers of genetically informative, phenotypically well-characterized families with multiple individuals affected with Alzheimer's disease, as well as individuals for case-control studies.

Proper citation: National Cell Repository for Alzheimer's Disease (RRID:SCR_007313) Copy   

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http://www.oasis-brains.org/

Project aimed at making neuroimaging data sets of brain freely available to scientific community. By compiling and freely distributing neuroimaging data sets, future discoveries in basic and clinical neuroscience are facilitated.

Proper citation: Open Access Series of Imaging Studies (RRID:SCR_007385) Copy   

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http://www.ndriresource.org/

NDRI is a Not-For-Profit (501c3) Corporation dedicated to providing the highest quality human biomaterials for research. NDRI makes it easy for researchers to get the human tissues and organs they need, prepared, preserved and shipped precisely according to their specific scientific protocols, as quickly as possible, and in the largest available quantities. NDRI provides researchers with protocol specific human neurological tissues such as brain stem, spinal cord, and basal ganglia, among others. In addition to control specimens, NDRI recovers tissues from donors with a variety of diseases, including Down syndrome, Parkinsons disease, Alzheimers disease, schizophrenia, and dementia. Through the NDRI 24/7 referral and procurement system, research consented biospecimens can be provided from low post mortem interval donors preserved at 4ºC, frozen or snap frozen, fixed, paraffin embedded, or as unstained slides.

Proper citation: National Disease Research Interchange (RRID:SCR_000550) Copy   

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http://www.brain-net.net/

THIS RESOURCE IS NO LONGER IN SERVICE. Documented on June 28,2022. A network of several university centers in Germany that classifies neurological and psychiatric disorders neuropathologically and collects and provides brain tissue for research. The aim and task of the Brain-Net are: the collection of clinically and neuropathologically well-characterized brain tissue samples; the standardization of neuropathological diagnoses according to internationally accepted criteria; and providing a basis for future research projects using genetic, epidemiological, biometric and other issues to neurological and psychiatric disorders.

Proper citation: Brain-Net (RRID:SCR_005017) Copy   

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http://med.emory.edu/ADRC/research/core_neurology_database.html

THIS RESOURCE IS NO LONGER IN SERVICE. Documented on June 9, 2025. A database which retains extensive clinical information about study subjects recruited by the Alzheimer's Disease Research Center Clinical Core, as well as other individuals with neurological diseases. In addition to clinical information, the database has basic demographics, medical history (including risk factors such as smoking), and a detailed family history from all subjects. Some entries have neuropsychological measures. Users can access a Summary Database which contains the most commonly requested variables. A data dictionary describing the variables in the Summary Database is available.

Proper citation: Emory Neurology Database (RRID:SCR_005277) Copy   

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http://med.brown.edu/neurology/brainbank/index.html

A tissue resource center which facilitates research into the relationship between Alzheimer's disease and other brain disorders such as strokes and mental illnesses. Most donations have been obtained from Alzheimer's patients. Normal controls are available, many of which are from subjects with close relatives with Alzheimer's. The Brown BTRC also supports a collection of brain tumor cases that were harvested from patients who underwent surgery and who were enrolled in a clinical trial for the development of new treatments for brain cancer.

Proper citation: Brown Brain Tissue Resource Center (RRID:SCR_005392) Copy   

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http://www.biostat.wustl.edu/~adrc/cdrpgm/

A numeric scale used to quantify the severity of symptoms of dementia (i.e. its stage). Using a structured-interview protocol, a qualified health professional assesses a patient's cognitive and functional performance in six areas: memory, orientation, judgment and problem solving, community affairs, home and hobbies, and personal care. Scores in each of these are combined to obtain a composite score ranging from 0 through 3. (Adapted from Wikipedia)

Proper citation: Clinical Dementia Rating (RRID:SCR_003678) Copy   

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http://www.alz.washington.edu/

A clinical research, neuropathological research and collaborative research database that uses data collected from 29 NIA-funded Alzheimer's Disease Centers (ADCs). The database consists of several datasets, and searches may be done on the entire database or on individual datasets. Any researcher, whether affiliated with an ADC or not, may request a data file for analysis or aggregate data tables. Requested aggregate data tables are produced and returned as soon as the queue allows (usually within 1-3 days depending on the complexity).

Proper citation: National Alzheimer's Coordinating Center (RRID:SCR_007327) Copy   

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http://ccr.coriell.org/nia/

A cell repository containing cells and DNA for studies of aging and the degenerative processes associated with it. Scientists use the highly-characterized, viable, and contaminant-free cell cultures from this collection for research on such diseases as Alzheimer's disease, progeria, Parkinson's disease, Werner syndrome, and Cockayne syndrome. The collections of the Repository include DNA and cell cultures from individuals with premature aging disorders, as well as DNA from individuals of advanced age from the the Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging at the Gerontology Research Center and other Longevity Collections. The Repository also includes samples from an Adolescent Study of Obesity, Apparently Healthy Controls, Animal Models of Aging, and both human and animal differentiated cell types. The cells in this resource have been collected over the past three decades using strict diagnostic criteria and banked under the highest quality standards of cell culture. Scientists can use the highly-characterized, viable, and contaminant-free cell cultures from this collection for genetic and cell biology research.

Proper citation: Aging Cell Repository (RRID:SCR_007320) Copy   

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http://cerad.mc.duke.edu/

THIS RESOURCE IS NO LONGER IN SERVICE. Documented on January 4, 2023.Consortium that developed brief, standardized and reliable procedures for the evaluation and diagnosis of patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD) and other dementias of the elderly. These procedures included data forms, flipbooks, guidebooks, brochures, instruction manuals and demonstration tapes, which are now available for purchase. The CERAD assessment material can be used for research purposes as well as for patient care. CERAD has developed several basic standardized instruments, each consisting of brief forms designed to gather data on normal persons as well as on cognitively impaired or behaviorally disturbed individuals. Such data permit the identification of dementia based on clinical, neuropsychological, behavioral or neuropathological criteria. Staff at participating CERAD sites were trained and certified to administer the assessment instruments and to evaluate the subjects enrolled in the study. Cases and controls were evaluated at entry and annually thereafter including (when possible) autopsy examination of the brain to track the natural progression of AD and to obtain neuropathological confirmation of the clinical diagnosis. The CERAD database has become a major resource for research in Alzheimer's disease. It contains longitudinal data for periods as long as seven years on the natural progression of the disorder as well as information on clinical and neuropsychological changes and neuropathological manifestations., THIS RESOURCE IS NO LONGER IN SERVICE. Documented on September 16,2025.

Proper citation: CERAD - Consortium to Establish a Registry for Alzheimer's Disease (RRID:SCR_003016) Copy   

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http://www.edarstudy.eu/

A European collaborative study to develop and validate new biomarkers for Alzheimer's disease. Central in the project is the development of an assay for the measurement of beta amyloid oligomers in cerebrospinal fluid and plasma. In order to validate the assay for beta amyloid oligomers, cerebrospinal fluid and plasma will be repeatedly collected in subjects with Alzheimer's disease, other types of dementia, mild cognitive impairment, and control subjects.

Proper citation: EDAR study: biomarkers for Alzheimer's disease (RRID:SCR_004445) Copy   

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http://polygenicpathways.blogspot.com/

A blog concerning the relationships between genes, risk factors and immunity in Alzheimer's disease, autism, Bipolar disorder, multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's disease, schizophrenia and chronic fatigue.

Proper citation: PolygenicBlog (RRID:SCR_008789) Copy   

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http://www.molgen.ua.ac.be/ADMutations/default.cfm?MT=1&ML=0&Page=ADMDB

A locus-specific database aimed at collecting known mutations and non-pathogenic coding variations in the genes related to Alzheimer disease (AD) and frontotemporal dementia (FTD), following the guidelines of the Human Genome Variation Society. Mutations can be retrieved based on the gene, phenotype and publication. The database contains mutations reported in the literature and at scientific meetings, and unpublished mutations directly submitted to the database. To date, AD&FTDMDB contains mutations in the genes encoding the Amyloid Beta Precursor Protein (APP), Presenilin 1 (PSEN1), Presenilin 2 (PSEN2), Chromatin Modifying Protein 2B (CHMP2B), fusion (involved in t(12;16) in malignant liposarcoma) (FUS), Granulin (GRN), Microtubule Associated Protein Tau (MAPT), TAR DNA binding protein (TARDBP) and Valosin-containing Protein (VCP) and holds 415 different mutations observed in 1027 patients or families. As of March 2013, the latest publications referenced were from 2008, indicating that this resource may not be up to date.

Proper citation: Alzheimer Disease and Frontotemporal Dementia Mutation Database (RRID:SCR_008286) Copy   

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