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The Orangutan brain was a gift from the research facility of the Boston ZOO to the Anatomy department of the VU. It remained in the storage of the neuroanatomy department at the VUmc untill early 2024, when it is made available as study material for neuroscience students and neuroscientists alike.

In the seventies and the eighties of the previous century, neuroscience research on monkeys was considered key in understanding neuroanatomy and functions of human brains. Essential to understanding the results was to collect the brain afterwards and make it available for neuroanatomical evaluation. The brain of this particular monkey was collected in ..... and processed in 1983. It remained in the storage of the neuroanatomy department at the VUmc untill early 2024. Now it has been made available as study material for neuroscience students and neuroscientists.

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In the seventies and the eighties of the previous century, neuroscience research on monkeys was considered key in understanding neuroanatomy and functions of human brains. Essential to understanding the results was to collect the brain afterwards and make it available for neuroanatomical evaluation. The brain of this particular monkey was collected and processed in 1983. It remained in the storage of the neuroanatomy department at the VUmc untill early 2024. Now it has been made available as study material for neuroscience students and neuroscientists.

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In the previous century, neuroscience research on dogs was considered key in understanding neuroanatomy and functions of human brains. Essential to understanding the results was to collect the brain afterwards and make it available for neuroanatomical evaluation. The brain of this particular dog was collected during a neuroanatomy practical in 1987 where Beagles used in research were made available for students to examine. Tonny Mulder acquired the brain which was then placed in a jar containing fixative and has been stored in his basement for at least 30 years. For this neuroanatomy project, the brain was taken out and processed and made available as study material for neuroscience students and neuroscientists.

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In the seventies and the eighties of the previous century, neuroscience research on cats was considered key in understanding neuroanatomy and functions of human brains. Essential to understanding the results was to collect the brain afterwards and make it available for neuroanatomical evaluation. The brain of this particular cat was collected in ..... and processd in ..... It remained in the storage of the neuroanatomy department at the VUmc untill early 2024. Now it has been made available as study material for neuroscience students and neuroscientists.

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Lots of the brains were acquired form fresh fish and fish heads donated by our fresh fish monger, Vossole in Zeist, the Netherlands. Of course we needed the freshest fish to produce the freshest brains and Vossole was willing to provide us with various species that are in the diet of the Dutch population. Such as: Sea bass, Salmon, Sea Bream (Dorade) and Mackerel.

Also Vossole invests in anatomy projects by collecting, storing and distributing fish species that are considered 'by-catch' and would be otherwise thrown overboard. One of these species is the small spotted catshark (Scyliorhinus canicula), which happens to be called 'hondshaai' (meaning dog shark) in Dutch.

The brains of all these fish were collected and processed and made available as study material for neuroscience students and neuroscientists.

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The brain of the Royal Python (python regius) was acquired from a specimen that lived in a terrarium for many years where it died of natural causes. It was then placed in fixative for years and was about to be discarded of. Tonny Mulder took over the jar which has been stored in his basement for at least 20 years. For this neuroanatomy project, the brain was taken out and processed and made available as study material for neuroscience students and neuroscientists.