The middle cerebral artery (MCA) is the largest of the three major arteries that channels fresh blood to the brain. It branches off the internal carotid artery. It supplies blood to lateral (side) ...

Centrally located in the brain, the posterior cerebral artery makes up the lower portion of the circle of Willis. This arterial network also consists of posterior and anterior communicating arteries, ...

The vertebrobasilar arterial supply feeds the brain stem (medulla, pons, and midbrain), cerebellum, occipital lobes, posterior temporal lobes, and thalamus (not visible in this view). The arterial ...

February 12, 2007 (San Francisco) — A new study suggests that long-term outcome of elective stenting of intracranial arteries in patients with symptomatic atherosclerotic intracranial stenosis (SAIS) ...

Anterior Cerebral Artery Infarction. Axial CT scans. Note the hypodense area in the right medial frontal lobe in the distribution of the right anterior cerebral artery. As the lesion is more than 2-3 ...

The aim of extracranial to intracranial bypass for intracranial atherosclerosis is to increase blood flow in intracranial arteries to relieve symptoms of cerebral hypoperfusion or reduce the risk of ...