Human Tissue Authority

The regulator for human tissue and organs

Brain banks

    Please see below for a number of frequently asked questions from a specific category. Simply select one of the questions of interest, the answer will then appear below. For the complete list of categories please visit the main FAQs page.

    UK Parkinson’s Disease Society Tissue Bank

    Wolfson Neuroscience Laboratories
    Imperial College Faculty of Medicine
    Hammersmith Hospital Campus
    Burlington Danes Building
    160 Du Cane Road
    London W12 0NN

    Contact: Dr George Gveric
    T 020 7594 9732
    F 020 7594 9733
    E pdbank@imperial.ac.uk

    Multiple Sclerosis Society Tissue Bank

    Wolfson Neuroscience Laboratories
    Imperial College Faculty of Medicine
    Hammersmith Hospital Campus
    Burlington Danes Building
    160 Du Cane Road
    London W12 0NN

    Contact: Dr George Gveric
    T 020 7594 9734
    F 020 7594 9735
    E ukmstissuebank@imperial.ac.uk

    Thomas Willis Oxford Brain Collection

    Neuropathology Dept
    Level 1, West Wing
    John Radcliffe Hospital
    Headley Way, Headington
    Oxford OX3 9DU

    Contact: Dr Olaf Ansorge
    T 01865 234904 / 01865 234403 (Includes out-of-hours message service)
    F 01865 231157
    E olaf.ansorge@ndcn.ox.ac.uk

    South West Dementia Brain Bank (SWDBB)

    University of Bristol
    Level 1, Learning & Research
    Southmead Hospital
    Bristol, BS10 5NB

    Contact: Laura Palmer
    T 0117 4147821
    F 0117 4147822
    E laura.e.palmer@bristol.ac.uk

    Queen Square Brain Bank for Neurological Disorders

    UCL Institute of Neurology
    Institute of Neurology
    1 Wakefield Street
    London WC1N 3BG

    Contact: Lynn Haddon
    T 020 7837 8370
    F 020 7278 4993
    E l.haddon@ucl.ac.uk

    Northern Ireland Regional Neuropathology Service

    Regional Neuropatholgy Service
    The Royal Victoria Hospital
    Grosvenor Road
    Belfast BT12 6BA

    Contact: Dr Brian Herron
    T 028 9063 2319
    E brian.herron@belfasttrust.hscni.net

    Newcastle Brain Bank

    Newcastle Brain Tissue Resource
    Institute for Ageing and Health
    Newcastle University
    Campus for Ageing and Vitality
    Newcastle upon Tyne
    NE4 5PL

    Contact: Debbie Lett
    T: 01912 481231
    E nbtr@ncl.ac.uk

    Manchester Brain Bank

    Cerebral Function Unit
    Greater Manchester Neuroscience Centre
    Hope Hospital
    Stott Lane
    Salford
    M6 8HD

    Contact: Stephen Chew-Graham
    T 0161 789 7373 (ext 2561)
    E brainbank@manchester.ac.uk

    London Neurodegenerative Diseases Brain Bank

    Institute of Psychiatry
    Box PO65
    King's College London
    De Crespigny Park
    London SE5 8AF

    Contact: Dr Claire Troakes
    T 020 7848 0290 (Office hours)
    F 020 7848 0275
    E brain.bank@kcl.ac.uk
    W http://www.iop.kcl.ac.uk/brainbank

    Cardiff

    Dept of Neuropathology
    University of Wales
    College of Medicine
    Heath Park
    Cardiff
    CF14 4XN

    Contact: Dr GA Lammie
    T 02920 742018
    F 02920 742701
    E lammiega@cf.ac.uk

    The Department of Neuropathology coordinates brain donation in Wales. If you would like to make a brain donation for medical research please use the contact details above.

    Cambridge Brain Bank

    Cambridge Brain Bank
    Department Histopathology
    Level 5 Box 235
    Addenbrooke's Hospital
    Hills Road
    Cambridge CB2 0QQ

    Contact: Beverley Haynes / Jenny Wilson
    T 01223 217336
    E brbank@addenbrookes.nhs.uk

    Brains for Dementia Research (BDR)

    Brains for Dementia Research Co-ordinating Centre
    Wolfson Centre for Age Related Diseases
    King's College London
    St Thomas' Street
    London SE1 1UL

    Contact: Dr Gillian Hayes
    T 020 7848 8377 (Includes out-of-hours contact / message facilities)
    F 020 7848 6515
    E bdr.office@kcl.ac.uk
    W http://www.brainsfordementiaresearch.org.uk/

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