Perivascular nerves of the human basal cerebral arteries: I. Topographical distribution

Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1034-1047

  Bleys, Ronald L A W ^a   Cowen, Tim ^b   Groen, Gerbrand J ^a   Hillen, Berend ^a   Ibrahim, Nassif B N ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c FRENCHAY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cerebral arteries; Human cerebrovascular nerves; Image analysis; Protein gene product (PGP) 9.5; Whole mount preparations

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT;

ADULT; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL INNERVATION; BRAIN ARTERY; FEMALE; FETUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; NERVE PLEXUS; NEUROANATOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOPOGRAPHY;

EID: 0029780813     PISSN: 0271678X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004647-199609000-00029     Document Type: Article

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