Journal of Visualized Experiments www.jove.com Video Article Abbiategrasso Brain Bank Protocol for Collecting, Processing and Characterizing Aging Brains Tino Emanuele Poloni*1,4, Valentina Medici*1, Arenn Faye Carlos1, Annalisa Davin2, Arcangelo Ceretti1, Michela Mangieri1, Paola Cassini1,4, Roberta Vaccaro3, Daniele Zaccaria3, Simona Abbondanza3, Matteo Bordoni5, Valentina Fantini2,6, Elena Fogato7, Cristina Cereda5, Mauro Ceroni8, Antonio Guaita1,2,3 1 Department of Neurology and Neuropathology, Golgi-Cenci Foundation 2 Laboratory of Neurobiology and Neurogenetic, Golgi-Cenci Foundation 3 Department of Neuropsychology and Social Sciences, Golgi-Cenci Foundation 4 Department of Rehabilitation, ASP Golgi-Redaelli Geriatric Hospital 5 Genomic and Post-Genomic Center, IRCCS Mondino Foundation 6 Department of Brain and Behavioral Sciences, University of Pavia 7 Department of Pathology, ASP Golgi-Redaelli Geriatric Hospital 8 Department of Neurological Science, IRCCS Mondino Foundation, University of Pavia * These authors contributed equally Correspondence to: Tino Emanuele Poloni at
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[email protected] URL: https://www.jove.com/video/60296 DOI: doi:10.3791/60296 Keywords: Neuroscience, Issue 160, Brain Bank, neuropathology, aging, elderly care, longitudinal cohort study, brain donation, brain dissection protocol, QEEG, clinico-pathological correlation, omics Date Published: 6/3/2020 Citation: Poloni, T.E., Medici, V., Carlos, A.F., Davin, A., Ceretti, A., Mangieri, M., Cassini, P., Vaccaro, R., Zaccaria, D., Abbondanza, S., Bordoni, M., Fantini, V., Fogato, E., Cereda, C., Ceroni, M., Guaita, A. Abbiategrasso Brain Bank Protocol for Collecting, Processing and Characterizing Aging Brains. J. Vis. Exp. (160), e60296, doi:10.3791/60296 (2020). Abstract In a constantly aging population, the prevalence of neurodegenerative disorders is expected to rise.