TABLE 2.
Anatomic Locations of Brain Tissue Sampled for Microscopic Analysis
Block | Anatomic Location | Laterality |
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A | Superior frontal gyrus | Unilateral |
B | Pre- and postcentral gyri, to include Brodmann area 1, 2, 3, 4 | Unilateral |
C | Superior and middle temporal gyri | Unilateral |
D | Inferior frontal (orbital) area | Unilateral |
E | Hippocampus and inferior temporal gyrus, at level of and to include lateral geniculate nucleus | Left |
F | Hippocampus and inferior temporal gyrus, at level of and to include lateral geniculate nucleus | Right |
G | Anterior hippocampus at the level of the pes | Left |
H | Anterior hippocampus at the level of the pes | Right |
I | Posterior hippocampus at the level of the pulvinar | Left |
J | Posterior hippocampus at the level of the pulvinar | Right |
K | Angular gyrus | Unilateral |
L | Occipital lobe (Calcarine sulcus) to include area 17, 18, and 19 | Unilateral |
M | Basal forebrain with striatum, level of anterior commissure | Unilateral |
N | Amygdala with adjacent hypothalamus | Unilateral |
O | Thalamus, at level through subthalamic nucleus | Unilateral |
P | Midbrain, through brachium conjunctivum | Entirely |
Q | Pons, through locus ceruleus | Entirely |
R | Lower Pons, at inferior border V cranial nerve | Entirely |
S | Medulla | Entirely |
T | Medulla | Entirely |
U | Cerebellar hemisphere with cortex and dentate nucleus | Unilateral |
V | Basal ganglia | Unilateral |
W | Insular cortex | Unilateral |
X | Sections of focal abnormalities detected by neuroimaging or macroscopic examination | Based on imaging findings |