Normal and Abnormal Embryology and Development of the Intracranial Vascular System

Neurosurgery Clinics of North America

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 399-426

  Raybaud, Charles ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Brain morphology; Embryological development; Vascular system

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGENESIS; BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN ARTERY; BRAIN BLOOD VESSEL; BRAIN CAPILLARY; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN VEIN; CHOROID PLEXUS; ENDOTHELIUM; HUMAN; MENINX; NUTRIENT; OXYGENATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SKULL BASE; SUBVENTRICULAR ZONE; VENOUS RETURN;

ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; BRAIN; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM VASCULAR MALFORMATIONS; CEREBRAL ARTERIES; CEREBRAL VEINS; HUMANS; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PHYSIOLOGIC;

EID: 77953843961     PISSN: 10423680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nec.2010.03.011     Document Type: Review

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