Brains in a box: How this Bronx hospital is storing grey matter

Dr Vahram Haroutunian holds a human brain in a brain bank in the Bronx borough of New York City, New York, US. (Source: Reuters)

Human brains stored in formaldehyde are pictured at a brain bank in the Bronx borough of New York City, New York, US. (Source: Reuters)

Dr Vahram Haroutunian holds a frozen slice of a human brain in a brain bank in the Bronx borough of New York City. (Source: Reuters)

A worker checks the serial number on a slice of human brain before using a saw to cut a piece from the sample at a brain bank in the Bronx borough of New York City, New York. (Source: Reuters)

Dr Vahram Haroutunian holding a human brain. (Source: Reuters)

A worker uses a saw to cut a piece from a human brain slice at a brain bank in the Bronx borough of New York City, New York, US. (Source: Reuters)

A worker attaches a label on a container that contains a part of a human brain slice at a brain bank in the Bronx borough of New York City, New York.(Source: Reuters)

Frozen containers that contain human brain slices are pictured at a brain bank in the Bronx borough of New York City. (Source: Reuters)

A sign is pictured on a freezer that contains human brains at a brain bank in the Bronx. (Source: Reuters)

A bucket with a human brain stored in formaldehyde is pictured at a brain bank in the Bronx borough of New York City, New York, US. (Source: Reuters)

Dr Vahram Haroutunian holds a human brain in a brain bank in the Bronx borough of New York City, New York, US. (Source: Reuters)

Buckets which hold human brains stored in formaldehyde are pictured at a brain bank in the Bronx borough of New York City, New York. (Source: Reuters)

Human brains stored in formaldehyde at a brain bank in the Bronx borough of New York City, New York. (Source: Reuters)