The Maryland Brain Collection (MBC) is managed by the Maryland Psychiatric Research Center as a resource to promote brain tissue research in schizophrenia and related disorders. We encourage neuroscientists and psychiatrists to become collaborators in the use of this tissue.
The CNS tissue in the Maryland Brain Collection is collected in collaboration with the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner of Maryland with an emphasis on the preservation of high-quality tissue samples and the acquisition of detailed clinical information on all of the cases.
If you are interested in obtaining postmortem tissue from the MBC, please submit an application to the MBC Steering Committee.
In recognition that postmortem tissue from patients with mental illnesses and from normal controls is limited, the linked policies below are intended to ensure optimal use of this resource and to establish mutually beneficial collaborations with MPRC scientists.
These policies enable the MBC to meet obligations to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner of Maryland, to protect established collaborations, to seek financial support, and to assure appropriate scientific involvement in selected projects.