Table 2.

Brain and spinal cord regions sampled for diagnostic histopathology and inventory

Brain Region	Paraffin6 μm sections	Frozen 40 and 80 μm sections
Superior frontal gyrus	No	Yes
Middle frontal gyrus	Yes	Yes
Precentral gyrus	Yes	No
Postcentral gyrus	Yes	No
Superior parietal lobule	No	Yes
Inferior parietal lobule	Yes	No
Anterior cingulate gyrus	Yes	Yes
Superior temporal gyrus	No	Yes
Middle temporal gyrus	Yes	Yes
Inferior temporal gyrus	No	Yes
Fusiform gyrus	Yes	Yes
Parahippocampal gyrus at amygdala	Yes	Yes
Parahippocampal gyrus at head hip.	No	Yes
Parahippocampal gyrus at lat.genic.	Yes	Yes
Hippocampus at head	No	Yes
Hippocampus at body	Yes	Yes
Occipital cortex: primary	Yes	Yes
Occipital cortex: association	Yes	Yes
Cerebral white matter: all lobes	No	Yes
Caudate nucleus: head	No	Yes
Caudate nucleus: body	Yes	Yes
Putamen: head	No	Yes
Globus pallidus	Yes	Yes
Substantia innominata	Yes	Yes
Thalamus: anterior	Yes	Yes
Thalamus: midpoint	Yes	Yes
Hypothalamus	Yes	Yes
Mammillary body	Yes	No
Subthalamic nucleus	Yes	Yes
Substantia nigra	No	Yes
Midbrain tegmentum	No	Yes
Pons:anterior	Yes	No
Pons: midpoint	Yes	Yes
Cerebellum: vermis	Yes	No
Cerebellum: dentate nucleus	Yes	Yes
Cerebellum: hemispheric cortex	Yes	Yes
Medulla: anterior	Yes	No
Medulla: posterior	Yes	No
Olfactory bulb and tract	Yes	No
Spinal cord: cervical	Yes	No
Spinal cord: thoracic†	Yes	No
Spinal cord; lumbar†	Yes	No
Spinal cord: sacral†	Yes	No

^†Only from whole-body autopsies.