Morphological characteristics and distribution pattern of the arterial vessels in human cerebral cortex: A scanning electron microscope study

Anatomical Record

Volumn 251, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 87-96

  Reina De La Torre, Francisco ^a   Rodriguez Baeza, Alfonso ^a   Sahuquillo Barris, Joan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

Author keywords

Arterial system; Autoregulation; Cerebral cortex; Corrosion casts; Human anatomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGENESIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD VESSEL; BRAIN CORTEX; CADAVER; CAPILLARY PROLIFERATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NEUROANATOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERIES; BLOOD VESSELS; CAPILLARIES; CEREBRAL ARTERIES; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CORROSION CASTING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MIDDLE AGED; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 0031946956     PISSN: 0003276X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0185(199805)251:1<87::AID-AR14>3.0.CO;2-7     Document Type: Article

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