■ Current Storage Status
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The laboratory has two large deep freezers. In the event of an emergency breakdown, an alarm will sound and a liquid carbon dioxide compressed gas cylinder will be automatically activated. In principle, the left hemisphere is stored at a temperature of -80℃, and the right hemisphere is preserved by formalin fixation. |
67 cases
● There
are 65 cases actually stored at the bank
・ 34 cases of schizophrenia
・ 11
cases of bipolar disorder
・ 1
case of mental retardation, epilepsy
・ 3 cases of dementia
・ 10 cases of healthy control
・ 6 cases of other
Of the 65
stored cases
・ 9
cases of complete brain fixation
・ 56
cases of right hemisphere fixation and left hemisphere freezing
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● 2
cases are preserved in the Pathology Department (1
case of brain abscess,1
case of long term artificial respirator use)
■ Co-administrator of postmortem brain samples stored at the bank
Yuko Hashimoto, M.D.,Ph.D., Professor, Department of Diagnostic Pathology,
Fukushima Medical University. She has been licensed to perform autopsy since 1996.
■ Neuropathological examination of postmortem brain samples
We entrust the neuropathological examination of postmortem brain samples to
Shigeo Murayama, M.D.,Ph.D., Chairman and Director, Department of Neurology,
Neuropathology & Bio-resource Center
(The Brain Bank for Aging Research), Tokyo Metropolitan Geriatric Hospital &
Institute of Gerontology.