Abstract:Background and Purpose:
Vasa vasorum, which constitutes a network of microvasculature, plays a nutritive and drainable role in vessel walls of arteries. The existence of vasa vasorum within brain vasculature is rarely reported. Based on a series of cerebral artery specimens, we aimed to describe the distribution features of vasa vasorum among intracranial arteries, including middle cerebral arteries (MCAs), basilar arteries (BAs) and vertebral arteries (VAs) and potential effects of vasa vasorum on… Show more
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