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On 11/01/96 22:36:44 Linda Neilsen asked: > > Dad was adamant about wanting to be autopsied in the hope that >something could be learned that would help others. The doctors agreed but >asked who would get the results of the autopsy. We were stumped. At >various seminars on PD, speakers had urged PD patients to have autopsys, >but no one said where to send the results. Do you know? >. Linda: The University of California, Irvine has an interesting and informative web site that includes the history of body donation, the laws relating to it, and a list with links to many universities that accept willed bodies. This is called the Willed Body Program and is a function of the Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology at UC Irvine. The procedures that must be followed are fully described. The URL is: http://www.com.uci.edu/~anatomy/willed-body/index.html Also, I remember one of the Parkinson organizations has information and, I believe, a video tape on donating a brain to PD research. It was some time ago, and I can't remember which organization it was. Does anyone know? Martha Rohrer