Branching patterns for arterioles and venules of the human cerebral cortex

Brain Research

Volumn 1313, Issue , 2010, Pages 62-78

  Cassot, Francis ^a   Lauwers, Frederic ^a   Lorthois, Sylvie ^b   Puwanarajah, Prasanna ^c   Cances Lauwers, Valérie ^d   Duvernoy, Henri ^e  

^a CHU PURPAN   (France)

^b IMFT   (France)

^c JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^e NONE   (France)

Author keywords

Bifurcation; Human brain; Microcirculation; Vascular tree

Indexed keywords

INDIAN INK;

ADULT; ANGIOGENESIS; ARTERIOLE; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; BLOOD VESSEL FUNCTION; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN MICROCIRCULATION; BRANCHING MORPHOGENESIS; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; DATA BASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MICROVASCULATURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VENULE;

ARTERIOLES; CARBON; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROVESSELS; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; VENULES;

EID: 74149084860     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2009.12.007     Document Type: Article

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