Glasgow Traumatic Brain Injury Archive
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The Glasgow TBI Archive is comprised of materials from TBI patients across a range of ages from infants to elderly. This unique archive includes material from: - Over 2000 case of single or repetitive TBI as paraffin wax blocks sampled from immersion fixed whole brain specimens - Approximately 50 TBI cases as snap-frozen fresh tissue samples - An extensive archive of uninjured control tissue samples as paraffin tissue blocks and snap-frozen tissue - Over 1200 DNA samples from patients in ongoing clinical studies in TBI Each case has been meticulously gathered using standardised sampling protocols. All specimens are linked to fully anonymised demographic data and relevant clinical information – which includes details on injury, cause of death , postmortem interval and neuropathological findings. The causes of TBI include, but are not limited to, falls, road traffic accidents, assaults and sports-associated TBI. The influence of the Glasgow TBI archive can be traced through the literature on the neuropathology of human TBI, with in excess of 150 peer-reviewed publications derived from observations on material from this resource. This includes landmark and continued observations on axonal injury and neurodegeneration after TBI.

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Last Updated: 05/31/2024

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