Absence of carotid rete mirabile in small tropical ruminants: Implications for the evolution of the arterial system in artiodactyls

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 210, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 112-116

  Fukuta, Katsuhiro ^a   Kudo, Hiroshi ^b   Sasaki, Motoki ^c   Kimura, Junpei ^d   Ismail, Dahlan bin ^e   Endo, Hideki ^f  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^c OBIHIRO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^f KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Artiodactyls; Blood supply to brain; Carotid rete mirabile; Mousedeer

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ARTIODACTYLA; BOVIDS; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN BLOOD VESSEL; CAROTID ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; HORSE; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; INVOLUTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; ARTIODACTYLA; BRAIN; CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL; DEER; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; MALE; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

ANIMALIA; ARTIODACTYLA; CERVIDAE; TRAGULUS JAVANICUS; TRAGULUS NAPU;

EID: 33845992882     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: 14697580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7580.2006.00667.x     Document Type: Article

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