National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) Repository Parkinson's Disease Collection . Homo sapiens

The NINDS repository (http://ccr.coriell.org/ninds/) was established in October 2001 with the goal of developing standardized, broadly useful diagnostic and other clinical data, as well as a collection of DNA and cell line samples to further advance gene discovery of neurological disorders. All samples and both phenotypic and genotypic data are available to the research community including academic and industry scientists. A set of samples from individuals who do not have neurological disease was felt to be essential to allow gene discovery in neurological disorders to proceed. Towards this goal, the NINDS has and is collecting samples and phenotypic data on neurologically normal individuals. The data being collected includes demographic, ethnic, and exclusion of neurological disease information. Variables were measured using theControl Clinical Data Elements form. As of June 2007, there are a total of 2157 publicly available and an additional >2000 which... (for more see dbGaP study page.)