This will acknowledge your responsibility in not distributing any portion of the tissue or fluid disbursement to colleagues or other investigators, and that all such inquires will be directed to the Consortium. The Consortium Acknowledgment Agreement. This will indicate that you have agreed to provide specific acknowledgment of the Consortium and of the participating Banks in any publications related to the use of these tissues. Please include the address of our website in the acknowledgement. Specific citation of the contribution of the Brain Banks of the Consortium should be included in both the Materials and Methods section and the Acknowledgment section of the manuscript.
All requests undergo a review process in order they are received.
Upon approval, the requested samples will be shipped to your laboratory as such specimens become available to the Consortium. The Consortium charges no fee for providing this service. The cost for shipping, however, will be assumed by the recipient. The specimens will be shipped by Federal Express, and it is required that you provide us with your FedEx account number. Please feel free to contact us regarding the status of your request or with any other questions you may have.