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. 2020 Jan 29;79(3):336–346. doi: 10.1093/jnen/nlz136

TABLE 2.

Anatomic Locations of Brain Tissue Sampled for Microscopic Analysis

Block Anatomic Location Laterality
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