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Abstract #2305

MR Contrast in Post-Mortem Brain Remains After 6 Decades of Storage: Imaging in Cerebellar Agenesis

Stephen J. Sawiak1,2, Guy B. Williams1, T Adrian Carpenter1, S A. Edgley3

1Wolfson Brain Imaging Centre, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom; 2Behavioural and Clinical Neurosciences Institute, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom; 3Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom


Cerebellar agenesis is a condition where the cerebellum fails to develop normally. Here we present data from two individuals acquired post-mortem from brains extracted in the 1940s showing high resolution anatomical and structural data with MPRAGE and DTI sequences.