Table 1. Block Sampling Sites.

Group 1. Core blocks

C1. Middle frontal gyrus (BA8–9)

C2. Posterior superior temporal gyrus (BA22, Wernicke’s area) and middle temporal gyrus (BA21)

C3. Inferior parietal lobe (BA39–40, angular gyrus and supramarginal gyrus, part of Wernicke‘s area)

C4. Occipital lobe (BA17, calcarine sulcus)

C5. Precentral gyrus (BA4, primary motor cortex)

C6. Anterior cingulate gyrus at the level of the genu of the corpus callosum (BA24) and posterior cingulate gyrus at the level of the splenium (BA23)

C7. Amygdala

C8. Anterior hippocampus and entorhinal cortex (BA28)

C9. Posterior hippocampus and parahippocampal gyrus at the level of the lateral geniculate nucleus

C10. Ventral striatum (caudate nucleus and putamen) at the level of the nucleus accumbens

C11. Globus pallidus and nucleus basalis of Meynert at the level of the anterior commissure

C12. Insular and putamen

C13. Thalamus and subthalamic nucleus

C14. Cerebellum with dentate nucleus and vermis

C15. Midbrain with substantia nigra

C16. Pons with locus coeruleus

C17. Medulla oblongata with dorsal motor nucleus of the vagus and hypoglossal nucleus and upper cervical cord

C18. Cervical spinal cord*

C19. Thoracic spinal cord*

C20. Lumbar spinal cord*

Group 2. Additional blocks according to research interests

A1. Medial frontal pole

A2. Anterior orbital gyrus

A3. Inferior frontal gyrus, opercular part (BA44, part of Broca‘s area)

A4. Superior frontal sulcus

A5. Inferior temporal gyrus (BA20)

A6. Temporal pole

A7. Postcentral gyrus (BA3, 1, 2, primary somatosensory cortex)

A8. Frontal white matter

A9. Occipital white matter

A10. Olfactory bulbs

BA, Brodmann area.

^*Cut transversely at 0.5 to 2.0 cm intervals. These blocks are collected in extended autopsy with spinal cord removal.