TABLE 1.
Recruitment centers and brain bank sources
| City, Country | Source | MSA cases |
|---|---|---|
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| Zürich, Switzerland | Institute of Neuropathology, University Hospital of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland | 1 |
| Göttingen, Germany | University Medical Center Göttingen, Department of Neurology and Paracelsus-Elena-Klinik, 34,128 Kassel, Germany | 2 |
| San Francisco, CA, USA | University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA | 2 |
| Vancouver, BC, Canada | University of British Columbia, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine | 2 |
| New York, NY, USA | Mount Sinai NBTR | 3 |
| Atlanta, GA, USA | Emory University, Department of Neurology & Pathology | 4 |
| Los Angeles, CA, USA | The Human Brain and Spinal Fluid Resource Center | 4 |
| Stockholm, Sweden | Department of Neurology, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden | 4 |
| Vienna, Austria | Institute of Neurology, Medical University of Vienna | 6 |
| Newcastle upon Tyne, UK | Newcastle Brain Tissue Resource, Newcastle University, Campus for Ageing and Vitality, Newcastle upon Tyne NE4 5PL, UK | 7 |
| Chicago, IL, USA | University of Chicago, Department of Neurology | 8 |
| Indiana, IN, USA | Indiana University School of Medicine | 8 |
| San Diego, CA, USA | San Diego Shiley-Marcos AD Research Center, University of California | 8 |
| Tübingen, Germany | Department of Neuropathology, University Hospital of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany | 8 |
| Madrid, Spain | Centro de Biología Molecular “Severo Ochoa,” c/Nicolás Cabrera, 1, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Cantoblanco, Madrid, Spain | 10 |
| Seattle, WA, USA | Department of Pathology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA | 10 |
| Prague, Czech Republic | Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, Thomayer University Hospital, Prague | 12 |
| Sydney, NSW, Australia | Brain and Mind Centre, Sydney Medical School, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia | 12 |
| Arizona, AZ, USA | Banner Sun Health Research Institute | 13 |
| Parkville, VIC, Australia | Australian Brain Bank Network, Howard Florey Laboratories, The Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health | 13 |
| Dallas, TX, USA | Alzheimer’s Disease Center, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA | 15 |
| Rosthern, SK, Canada | Saskatoon Health Region/University of Saskatchewan, Rosthern; and Movement Disorders | 17 |
| Paris, France | Raymond Escourolle Neuropathology Department, Groupe Hospitalier Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris, France | 20 |
| London, UK | Imperial College London | 22 |
| Baltimore, MD, USA | Johns Hopkins Medical Institution Brain Resource Center, MD, USA | 24 |
| London, UK | MRC London Neurodegenerative Diseases Brain Bank, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King’s College | 26 |
| Munich, Germany | Neurobiobank Munich, Center for Neuropathology and Prion Research, Ludwig-Maximilians University | 29 |
| Boston, MA, USA | Massachusetts General Hospital | 30 |
| Barcelona, Spain | Neurological Tissue Bank of the Biobanc-Hospital Clinic-IDIBAPS | 34 |
| Amsterdam, the Netherlands | Alzheimer Center | 36 |
| Ann Arbor, MI, USA | University of Michigan, Department of Pathology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, USA | 37 |
| Miami, FL, USA | UM Brain Endowment Bank, an NIH NeuroBioBank | 45 |
| Philadelphia, PA, USA | The Penn FTD Center — University of Pennsylvania, USA | 54 |
| Jacksonville, FL, USA | Department of Neuroscience, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville | 205 |
| Total | 731 | |
MSA, multiple system atrophy.