Table 1 Brain tissue used for total RNA extraction followed by nCounter analysis
RNA | Donor information | |||||
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Number | Race | Gender | Age | COD | Company | |
Brain | Pool of 3 | Caucasian | Male | 23 | Cardiac arrest | FirstChoice Human Total RNA Survey Panel |
Caucasian | Male | 81 | Congestive heart failure | |||
Caucasian | Female | 78 | Congestive heart failure | |||
Frontal cortex | Single | Caucasian | Male | 23 | Cardiac Arrest | FirstChoice Human Total RNA |
Thalamus | Single | n.a. | Female | 71 | Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease | BioChain Total RNA |
Right cerebellum | Single | n.a. | Male | 82 | Aortic stenosis | BioChain Total RNA |
Hippocampus | Single | Asian | Male | 27 | Accident | BioChain Total RNA |
Spinal cord | Single | Asian | Male | 27 | Accident | BioChain Total RNA |
Striatum | Single | n.a. | Male | 20 | n.a. | Stratagene MVP Total RNA |
Insula | Pool of 15 | Caucasian | Male/female | 20–68 | Sudden death | Clontech Total RNA |
Amygdala | Pool of 2 | Caucasian | Female | 21 | Pneumonia | BrainNet Germany |
Caucasian | Male | 68 | Cardiac arrest | BrainNet Germany | ||
Brain stem | Pool of 2 | Caucasian | Female | 21 | Pneumonia | BrainNet Germany |
Caucasian | Male | 68 | Cardiac arrest | BrainNet Germany | ||
Fetal brain | Single | n.a. | n.a. | F2 | Induced abortion | MRC Wellcome Trust Human Developmental Biology Resource |
Fetal cerebellum | Single | n.a. | n.a. | F2 | Induced abortion | MRC Wellcome Trust Human Developmental Biology Resource |
Fetal thalamus | Single | n.a. | n.a. | F2 | Induced abortion | MRC Wellcome Trust Human Developmental Biology Resource |