Neuroanatomical Collections is a repository of research and educational materials in neuroscience, established in 1994 with the transfer of the Yakovlev-Haleem Collection to the museum. The division has since acquired six more collections and continues to expand. The collections, together with their written documentation and a growing database, are available to qualified researchers, evaluated on a case-by-case basis.

• The Yakovlev-Haleem Collection 1930-present
  
  1,570 specimens.
  Finding aid available, arranged, active, restricted.
  Primarily whole-brain serial sections mounted on slides; also included are tissue blocks of fetal and neonatal organs. Each specimen has a case record. In addition to normative controls, specimens include examples of cerebrovascular disease, pathomorphic cerebra, neurosurgery for behavioral diseases, miscellaneous neuropathology, and experimental animals. The collection was built by Dr. Paul Ivan Yakovlev (1894-1983), a neurologist at several hospitals and Harvard Medical School. Yakovlev began the collection in 1930 at Monson State Hospital. In 1974 he transferred the collection from Harvard to the AFIP, where it was managed by curator Mohamad Haleem until its transfer to the museum. In 1994 it was renamed the Yakovlev-Haleem Collection. Also associated with the collection is a reference library and computer imaging technology. Recent development has included computer image analysis of the collection.

   

• The Blackburn-Neumann Collection (1884-1982)
  
  15,000 specimens.
  Finding aid available, arranged, inactive, restricted.
  Wet tissue brain specimens with autopsy files, microscope slides, and paraffin blocks. The collection was started by Dr. Isaac Wright Blackburn at St. Elizabeth's Hospital, a mental institution in Washington, D.C. The cases document pre-antibiotic infectious diseases; schizophrenia; and mental disorders treated by electroshock, metrazol, insulin shock, and lobotomy. The collection was transferred from St. Elizabeth's to the museum in 1993.

   

• The Richard Lindenberg Collection (1940-1989)
  
  15,000 specimens.
  No finding aid, partly arranged, inactive, restricted.
  Includes clinical and laboratory records, glass slides, and paraffin blocks documenting cases of head trauma from the Office of the Maryland State Medical Examiner. The collection was founded by Dr. Richard Lindenburg.

   

• The Rubinstein Collection (1970-1991)
  
  4,000 specimens.
  No finding aid, partly arranged, inactive, restricted.
  Includes slides, paraffin blocks, photographs, and records documenting brain tumors. The collection was founded by Dr. L.J. Rubinstein and transferred to the museum from the University of Virginia in 1991.

   

• The Adolph Meyer Collection (1890-1985)
  
  535 specimens.
  No finding aid, unarranged, inactive, restricted.
  Collection of human, comparative and developmental material, including glass slides and documentation, begun by Dr. Adolph Meyer, a neuroscientist at Johns Hopkins. It was transferred from Johns Hopkins School of Medicine to the museum in 1995.

   

• The Isabel Lockard Collection (1950 - 1995)
  
  29 specimens
  No finding aid, partly arranged, active, restricted.
  Serially sectioned comparative Neuroanatomy material. Each specimen is embedded in paraffin, stained and placed on glass slides. The collection consists of 29 boxes of glass slides of Fox, Ferret, and Cat. Dr. Isabel Lockard developed the collection at the Medical University of South Carolina in the Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy. Otis Historical Archives has the Isabel Lockard reprint collection.

   

• The Welker Anatomy Collection (1950-present)
  
  600,000 specimens.
  Finding aid available, arranged, active, restricted.
  Serially sectioned comparative mammalian brains that are stained and mounted on glass slides, accompanied by documentation. The collection was created by Dr. Wally Welker at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Accessible via the Internet at: http://www.neurophys.wisc.edu/brain/

   

• The Pubols Collection
  
  Description coming soon.

   

• The John Irwin Johnson Jr. Collection (1950 - present)
  
  Finding aid, arranged, active, restricted
  Serially sectioned comparative mammalian brains that are stained and mounted on glass slides accompanied by documentation. The collection was created by Dr. John I. Johnson of the Department of Anatomy at Michigan State University. This collection has 156 brain specimens, with emphasis on marsupial mammals.