The rete mirabile of the cranial base: A millenary legend

Neurosurgery

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1198-1207

  Viale, Giuseppe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ancient anatomy; Cerebral functions; Galen; Plexus reticularis; Rete mirabile; Vesale

Indexed keywords

BRAIN BLOOD VESSEL; BRAIN CIRCULATION; BRAIN FUNCTION; HYPOTHESIS; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; SKULL BASE;

ANATOMY; BLOOD VESSELS; HISTORY, 16TH CENTURY; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HISTORY, MEDIEVAL; HUMANS; PHYSIOLOGY; SKULL BASE;

EID: 33745097097     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000216118.31290.65     Document Type: Review

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