Human Brain and Spinal Fluid Resource Center

Helping scientists help patients since 1961:

The Human Brain and Spinal Fluid Resource Center was established in 1961 to provide a vital service to neuroscientists. The Center collects, stores, and distributes donated tissue to research scientists around the world. It provides researchers with pre- and post-mortem brains, spinal cords, cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), serum, blood cells and urine to use in their investigations of neurological and psychiatric diseases.

Essential for research:

Although many research studies can be performed on animals, there are a number of neurological and psychological diseases which only affect human beings. For these studies, researchers must have tissue from individuals affected by the disorders.

Gift of Hope anatomical donor program:

The Gift of Hope program helps interested persons and their families arrange to donate tissue. Unlike general anatomical gift programs, the Center offers the donor with a neurological or psychological disorder the opportunity to aid research in that disorder.