How the Parkinson's Brain Bank supports researchers
 The Parkinson's Brain Bank offers high-quality
tissue, extensive clinical and postmortem donor information and
expert knowledge to help researchers towards a cure for
Parkinson's.
Our extensive laboratories have modern analytical equipment. They
are managed by a team of highly skilled staff, who carry out
neuropathological diagnosis according to the latest international
standards.
Tissue and donor information
Based at Imperial College London, the Parkinson's Brain Bank
supplies clinically and neuropathologically well-characterised
human brain, spinal cord and cerebrospinal fluid samples.
We also have an extensive database of lifestyle, disease
progression and drug treatment information on people who have
signed up for the Parkinson's Brain Donor Register.
Find out more about tissue available for
research or how researchers can
request tissue
Our expertise
The Parkinson's Brain Bank team has considerable experience in
tissue processing, immunological and histological techniques.
Our broad range of expertise encompasses:
 State of the art
neuropathological diagnosis techniques- Tissue microarray
- Immunohistochemistry
- Immunofluorescence
- Image analysis
- Morphometry
- Stereology
- Molecular genetics
- DNA extraction (from frozen and formaldeyde fixed
material)
- RNA extraction
Since 2002, our resources have supported more than 80 research
projects from around the world, including projects in the UK,
Europe, USA and Canada.
The Brain Bank newsletter has all the
latest on current research that uses our tissue.
The Parkinson's Brain Bank team is keen to hear from researchers
who can use our resources for studies investigating the causes,
treatment and cure for Parkinson's.
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