The National
Chimpanzee Brain Resource (NCBR) has the aim of facilitating research advancement through the collection and distribution of chimpanzee neuroimaging data and postmortem brain tissue.
The National
Chimpanzee Brain Resource is supported by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and is operated in partnership by the George Washington University, Georgia State and Yerkes National Primate Research Center.
The brains were provided by the National
Chimpanzee Brain Resource, which collects the brains of chimpanzees that have died from natural causes at zoos and research centers.
The NCBR also serves as a portal to access chimpanzee brain atlas tools, data repository, bibliography of publications, educational information, and links to other
chimpanzee brain resources and datasets on the Internet.
These collections represent the largest consolidation of
chimpanzee brain resources anywhere in the United States.